Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary)
by Vijay K. Jain | 2018 | 130,587 words | ISBN-10: 8193272625 | ISBN-13: 9788193272626
This page describes those who have the brahmaloka as their abode which is verse 4.24 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 24 of the chapter The Celestial Beings and includes an extensive commentary.
Verse 4.24 - Those who have the Brahmaloka as their abode
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of Tattvartha 蝉奴迟谤补 4.24:
啶啶班す啷嵿ぎ啶侧啶曕ぞ啶侧く啶� 啶侧啶曕ぞ啶ㄠ啶むた啶曕ぞ啶� 啷� 啷�.啷ㄠオ 啷�
brahmalok膩lay膩 lauk膩ntik膩岣� || 4.24 ||
Brahmaloka is the abode of the 鈥�濒补耻办腻苍迟颈办补鈥� deva. (24)
Hindi Anvayarth:
啶呧え啷嵿さ啶ぞ啶班啶�: 啶溹た啶ㄠ啶� 啶ㄠた啶掂ぞ啶� 啶膏啶ムぞ啶� 啶ぞ啶佮啶掂ぞ啶� 啶膏啶掂ぐ啷嵿 (啶啶班す啷嵿ぎ啶侧啶�) 啶灌, 啶夃え啷嵿す啷囙 啶侧啶曕ぞ啶ㄠ啶むた啶� 啶︵啶� 啶曕す啶む 啶灌啶傕イ
Anvayartha: jinaka nivasa sthana pamcavam svarga (brahmaloka) hai, unhem laukantika deva kahate haim |
Explanation in English from 膧c膩rya P奴jyap膩da鈥檚 Sarv膩rthasiddhi:
Where are the 鈥�濒补耻办腻苍迟颈办补鈥� deva and who comprise these? Are they 惫补颈尘腻苍颈办补?
鈥�膧濒补测补鈥� is dwelling or abode. Those who have the Brahmaloka as their abode are the 鈥�濒补耻办腻苍迟颈办补鈥� deva. If so, it would include all deva residing there. No. The word is taken in its etymological sense. The word 鈥�loka鈥� in the 蝉奴迟谤补 denotes the Brahmaloka and 鈥�濒辞办腻苍迟补鈥� means the end or border. Those who are born there, and not all, are called 鈥�濒补耻办腻苍迟颈办补鈥� deva. The abodes of the 鈥�濒补耻办腻苍迟颈办补鈥� deva are at the borders of the Brahmaloka. Or else, where birth, old age and death prevails is 鈥�loka鈥�, that is, 蝉补峁僺腻谤补. 鈥�尝辞办腻苍迟补鈥� means at the end of it. Those who are at the end of 蝉补峁僺腻谤补 (transmigration) are called 鈥�濒补耻办腻苍迟颈办补鈥�. All 鈥�lauk膩n-tika鈥� deva have come to the end of transmigration. After completing their lifetime as the 鈥�濒补耻办腻苍迟颈办补鈥� deva, they take one birth as a human being and attain liberation (苍颈谤惫腻峁嘺).