Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary)
by Vijay K. Jain | 2018 | 130,587 words | ISBN-10: 8193272625 | ISBN-13: 9788193272626
This page describes the possessor of the sense of touch (sparsha) which is verse 2.22 of the English translation of the Tattvartha Sutra which represents the essentials of Jainism and Jain dharma and deals with the basics on Karma, Cosmology, Ethics, Celestial beings and Liberation. The Tattvarthasutra is authorative among both Digambara and Shvetambara. This is verse 22 of the chapter Category of the Living and includes an extensive commentary.
Verse 2.22 - The possessor of the sense of touch (spar艣a)
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of Tattvartha 蝉奴迟谤补 2.22:
啶掂え啶膏啶い啷嵿く啶ㄠ啶むぞ啶ㄠぞ啶啶曕ぎ啷� 啷� 啷�.啷ㄠエ 啷�
惫补苍补蝉辫补迟测补苍迟腻苍腻尘别办补尘 || 2.22 ||
The souls (箩墨惫补) up to the plant-bodied (惫补苍补蝉辫补迟颈办腻测颈办补) possess only the first sense. (22)
Hindi Anvayarth:
啶呧え啷嵿さ啶ぞ啶班啶�: [啶掂え啶膏啶い啶� 啶呧え啷嵿い啶距え啶距ぎ啷峕 啶掂え啶膏啶い啶苦啶距く 啶溹た啶膏啷� 啶呧え啷嵿い 啶啶� 啶灌 啶愢じ啷� 啶溹啶掂啶� 啶曕 啶呧ぐ啷嵿ぅ啶距い啷� 啶啶ム啶掂啶曕ぞ啶た啶�, 啶溹げ啶曕ぞ啶た啶�, 啶呧啷嵿え啶苦啶距く啶苦, 啶掂ぞ啶啶曕ぞ啶た啶� 啶斷ぐ 啶掂え啶膏啶い啶苦啶距く啶苦 啶溹啶掂啶� 啶曕 [啶忇啶] 啶忇 啶膏啶ぐ啷嵿ざ啶� 啶囙え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶苦く 啶灌 啶灌啶む 啶灌啷�
Anvayartha: [vanaspati antanam] vanaspatikaya jisake anta mem hai aise jivom ke arthat prithvikayika, jalakayika, agnikayika, vayukayika aura vanaspatikayika jivom ke [ekam] eka sparshana indriya hi hoti hai |
Explanation in English from 膧c膩rya P奴jyap膩da鈥檚 Sarv膩rthasiddhi:
The objects of the senses have been explained. Who possess these senses? The possessor of the sense of touch is ascertained first.
The word 鈥�eka鈥� in the 蝉奴迟谤补 means the first. What is it? It is the sense of touch (蝉辫补谤艣补苍补). By whom is it possessed? It is possessed by souls from the earth-bodied (辫峁泃丑颈惫墨办腻测颈办补) to the plant-bodied (vanaspati-办腻测颈办补). The cause of its origin is now mentioned. The one sense of touch arises on the destruction-cum-subsidence (办峁测辞辫补艣补尘补) of energy-obstructive (惫颈谤测腻苍迟补谤腻测补) and sense-of-touch-obscuring (蝉辫补谤艣补苍补-indriy膩vara峁嚹珁a) karmas, on the rise of karmas which totally obscure the other senses, on the attainment of physique-making (艣补谤颈谤补) name-karma, and on the rise of name-karma of the class of one-sensed (蝉迟丑腻惫补谤补) beings.