Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary)
by Vijay K. Jain | 2018 | 130,587 words | ISBN-10: 8193272625 | ISBN-13: 9788193272626
This page describes the minimum lifetime in the first earth which is verse 4.36 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 36 of the chapter The Celestial Beings and includes an extensive commentary.
Verse 4.36 - The minimum lifetime in the first earth
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of Tattvartha s奴tra 4.36:
啶︵ざ啶掂ぐ啷嵿し啶膏す啶膏啶班ぞ啶｀た 啶啶班ぅ啶ぞ啶ぞ啶 啷� 啷�.啷┼ガ 啷�
da艣avar峁sahasr膩峁噄 pratham膩y膩m || 4.36 ||
The minimum lifetime in the first earth is ten thousand years. (36)
Hindi Anvayarth:
啶呧え啷嵿さ啶ぞ啶班啶�: 啶す啶苦げ啷� 啶ㄠぐ啶� 啶曕 啶ㄠぞ啶班啶苦く啷嬥 啶曕 啶溹啶ㄠ啶� 啶嗋く啷� 啶︵じ 啶灌啶距ぐ 啶掂ぐ啷嵿し 啶曕 啶灌啷� (啶ㄠぞ啶班啶苦く啷嬥 啶曕 啶夃い啷嵿啷冟し啷嵿 啶嗋く啷� 啶曕ぞ 啶掂ぐ啷嵿ぃ啶� 啶む啶膏ぐ啷� 啶呧ぇ啷嵿く啶距く 啶曕 啶涏啶掂啶� 啶膏啶む啶� 啶啶� 啶曕た啶ぞ 啶灌啷�)
Anvayartha: pahile naraka ke narakiyom ki jaghanya ayu dasa hajara varsha ki hai | (narakiyom ki utkrishta ayu ka varnana tisare adhyaya ke chathavem sutra mem kiya hai | )
Explanation in English from 膧c膩rya P奴jyap膩da鈥檚 Sarv膩rthasiddhi:
Thus the minimum lifetime from the second earth onwards in the infernal region has been mentioned. What is the minimum in the first?
鈥楾he minimum lifetime鈥� is supplied. The minimum lifetime in the first earth 搁补迟苍补辫谤补产丑腻 is ten thousand years.