Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary)
by Vijay K. Jain | 2018 | 130,587 words | ISBN-10: 8193272625 | ISBN-13: 9788193272626
This page describes the lotus in the middle of the first lake which is verse 3.17 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 17 of the chapter The Lower World and the Middle World and includes an extensive commentary.
Verse 3.17 - The lotus in the middle of the first lake
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of Tattvartha s奴tra 3.17:
啶むえ啷嵿ぎ啶о啶 啶啶溹え啶� 啶啶粪啶曕ぐ啶 啷� 啷�.啷оキ 啷�
tanmadhye yojana峁� pu峁aram || 3.17 ||
In the middle of this first lake, there is a lotus of the size of one yojana. (17)
Hindi Anvayarth:
啶呧え啷嵿さ啶ぞ啶班啶�: 啶夃じ啶曕 啶啶� 啶啶� 啶忇 啶啶溹え 啶掂た啶膏啶むぞ啶� 啶掂ぞ啶侧ぞ 啶曕ぎ啶� 啶灌啷�
Anvayartha: usake bica mem eka yojana vistara vala kamala hai |
Explanation in English from 膧c膩rya P奴jyap膩da鈥檚 Sarv膩rthasiddhi:
鈥榊ojanam鈥� means of the extent of one yojana. It amounts to this: each petal measures one-fourth of a yojana (one 办谤辞艣补) and the pericarp half a yojana (two 办谤辞艣补). Hence, the lotus is one yojana (= four 办谤辞艣补) long and one yojana broad. The lotus consists of a multitude of petals (1011 in number, see 鈥�罢谤颈濒辞办补蝉腻谤补鈥�, verse 569) densely packed, and its stalk has the height of one half of a yojana (two 办谤辞艣补), from the surface of the water.