Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary)
by Vijay K. Jain | 2018 | 130,587 words | ISBN-10: 8193272625 | ISBN-13: 9788193272626
This page describes the possessors of the remaining four senses which is verse 2.23 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 23 of the chapter Category of the Living and includes an extensive commentary.
Verse 2.23 - The possessors of the remaining four senses
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of Tattvartha 蝉奴迟谤补 2.23:
啶曕啶た啶た啶啶侧た啶曕ぞ啶啶班ぎ啶班ぎ啶ㄠ啶粪啶ぞ啶︵啶ㄠぞ啶啶曕啶曕さ啷冟う啷嵿ぇ啶距え啶� 啷� 啷�.啷ㄠォ 啷�
办峁沵颈辫颈辫墨濒颈办腻产丑谤补尘补谤补尘补苍耻峁腻诲墨苍腻尘别办补颈办补惫峁沝诲丑腻苍颈 || 2.23 ||
The beings such as the worm (办峁沵颈), the ant (辫颈辫墨濒颈办腻), the bee (bhramara) and the human (尘补苍耻峁补), each, have senses one more than the preceding one. (23)
Hindi Anvayarth:
啶呧え啷嵿さ啶ぞ啶班啶�: [啶曕啶た啶た啶啶侧た啶曕ぞ啶啶班ぎ啶� 啶え啷佮し啷嵿く啶距う啷�啶ㄠぞ啶] 啶曕啶た 啶囙い啷嵿く啶距う啶�, 啶氞啶傕啷� 啶囙い啷嵿く啶距う啶�, 啶啶班ぎ啶� 啶囙い啷嵿く啶距う啶� 啶むぅ啶� 啶え啷佮し啷嵿く 啶囙い啷嵿く啶距う啶� 啶曕 [啶忇啷堗 啶掂啶︵啶оぞ啶ㄠた] 啶曕啶班ぎ 啶膏 啶忇 啶忇 啶囙え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶苦く 啶あ啶监い啷� (啶呧ぇ啶苦-啶呧ぇ啶苦) 啶灌 啶呧ぐ啷嵿ぅ啶距い啷� 啶曕啶た 啶囙い啷嵿く啶距う啶� 啶曕 啶︵, 啶氞啶傕啷� 啶囙い啷嵿く啶距う啶� 啶曕 啶む啶�, 啶啶傕ぐ啶� 啶囙い啷嵿く啶距う啶� 啶曕 啶氞ぞ啶� 啶斷ぐ 啶え啷佮し啷嵿く 啶囙い啷嵿く啶距う啶� 啶曕 啶ぞ啶佮 啶囙え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶苦く啶距 啶灌啶む 啶灌啶傕イ
Anvayartha: [krimipipilikabhramara manushyadinam] krimi ityadi, cimti ityadi, bhramara ityadi tatha manushya ityadi ke [ekaika vriddhani] krama se eka eka indriya badha啶紅i (adhika-adhika) hai arthat krimi ityadi ke do, cimti ityadi ke tina, bhaumra ityadi ke cara aura manushya ityadi ke pamca indriyam hoti haim |
Explanation in English from 膧c膩rya P奴jyap膩da鈥檚 Sarv膩rthasiddhi:
Who are the beings that possess the other senses?
The phrase 鈥�eka-eka鈥� in the 蝉奴迟谤补 indicates successiveness. It indicates that the senses increase by one successively. The base is the sense of touch (蝉辫补谤艣补苍补). Creatures like the worm (办峁沵颈) have the sense of taste (谤补蝉补苍腻) in addition to the sense of touch (蝉辫补谤艣补苍补). The ant (辫颈辫墨濒颈办腻) and similar creatures possess the sense of smell (驳丑谤腻峁嘺) in addition to the senses of touch and taste. The bee (bhramara) and creatures of that class possess the sense of sight (肠补办峁) in addition to the senses of touch, taste and smell. Man and the beings similar to him possess the sense of hearing (艣谤辞迟谤补) in addition to the former four.
Their accomplishment is as in case of the sense of touch (蝉辫补谤艣补苍补), explained already. In each case, there is the fruition (udaya) of the intense, all-destructive (蝉补谤惫补驳丑腻迟颈) karmic matter of the subsequent sense or senses.