Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary)
by Vijay K. Jain | 2018 | 130,587 words | ISBN-10: 8193272625 | ISBN-13: 9788193272626
This page describes the regions of labour (karmabhumi) which is verse 3.37 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 37 of the chapter The Lower World and the Middle World and includes an extensive commentary.
Verse 3.37 - The regions of labour (办补谤尘补产丑奴尘颈)
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of Tattvartha 蝉奴迟谤补 3.37:
啶ぐ啶む啶班ぞ啶掂い啶掂た啶︵啶灌ぞ啶� 啶曕ぐ啷嵿ぎ啶啶く啷嬥そ啶ㄠ啶い啷嵿ぐ啶︵啶掂啷佮ぐ啷傕い啷嵿い啶班啷佮ぐ啷佮き啷嵿く啶� 啷� 啷�.啷┼キ 啷�
bharatair膩vatavideh膩岣� karmabh奴mayo'nyatradevakur奴ttarakurubhya岣� || 3.37 ||
Bharata, 础颈谤腻惫补迟补, and Videha, excluding Devakuru and Uttarakuru, are the regions of labour鈥�办补谤尘补产丑奴尘颈. (37)
Hindi Anvayarth:
啶呧え啷嵿さ啶ぞ啶班啶�: 啶ぞ啶佮 啶啶班 啶膏ぎ啷嵿が啶ㄠ啶о 啶ぞ啶佮 啶ぐ啶�, 啶ぞ啶佮 啶愢ぐ啶距さ啶�, 啶︵啶掂啷佮ぐ啷� 啶むぅ啶� 啶夃い啷嵿い啶班啷佮ぐ啷� 啶 啶︵啶ㄠ啶� 啶涏啶∴ぜ啶曕ぐ 啶ぞ啶佮 啶掂た啶︵啶�, 啶囙じ 啶啶班啶距ぐ 啶呧あ啶距 啶︵啶掂啶� 啶啶� 啶曕啶� 啶え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶� 啶曕ぐ啷嵿ぎ啶啶た啶ぞ啶� 啶灌啶傕イ
Anvayartha: pamca meru sambandhi pamca bharata, pamca airavata, devakuru tatha uttarakuru ye donom choda啶糼ara pamca videha, isa prakara adhai dvipa mem kula pandraha karmabhumiyam haim |
Explanation in English from 膧c膩rya P奴jyap膩da鈥檚 厂补谤惫腻谤迟丑补蝉颈诲诲丑颈:
Which are the regions of labour?
Bharata, 础颈谤腻惫补迟补, and Videha are five each. All these are described as the regions of labour鈥�办补谤尘补产丑奴尘颈. The inclusion of Videha would imply the inclusion of Devakuru and Uttarakuru. In order to exclude these, it is mentioned 鈥榚xcluding Devakuru and Uttarakuru鈥�. Devakuru, Uttarakuru, Haimavata, 贬补谤颈惫补谤峁, Ramyaka, Haira峁噛a- vata and the mid-isles (补苍迟补谤诲惫墨辫补) are called the regions of enjoyment 产丑辞驳补产丑奴尘颈.
Why are the 鈥榬egions of labour鈥欌��办补谤尘补产丑奴尘颈鈥搒o called? This is because these are the seats of good (艣耻产丑补) and evil (a艣耻产丑补) deeds. Although the three worlds constitute the seat of activity, still these regions are the seats of intense karmic activity. For instance, demerit capable of plunging a being in the seventh infernal region is acquired only in these regions鈥揃harata, etc. Merit which leads to the highest celestial state such as 厂补谤惫腻谤迟丑补蝉颈诲诲丑颈 deva is also acquired in these regions only. Also, the six kinds of occupations, such as agriculture, and the opportunity to give gifts to the worthy鈥�辫腻迟谤补诲腻苍补鈥揳re obtained in these regions only. Hence these are called the regions of labour. The others are called the 鈥榬egions of enjoyment鈥欌��产丑辞驳补产丑奴尘颈 as the objects of enjoyment are provided by the ten kinds of desire-fulfilling trees (办补濒辫补惫峁沰峁).
The lifetime of the human beings in these regions is indicated in the next 蝉奴迟谤补.