Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary)
by Vijay K. Jain | 2018 | 130,587 words | ISBN-10: 8193272625 | ISBN-13: 9788193272626
This page describes the nature of being mild or gentle which is verse 6.18 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 18 of the chapter Influx of Karmas and includes an extensive commentary.
Verse 6.18 - The nature of being mild or gentle
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of Tattvartha 蝉奴迟谤补 6.18:
啶膏啶掂き啶距さ啶ぞ啶班啶︵さ啶� 啶� 啷� 啷�.啷оギ 啷�
svabh膩va尘腻谤诲补惫补峁� ca || 6.18 ||
Natural mildness (尘峁沝耻迟腻) also leads to the influx (腻蝉谤补惫补) of life-karma leading to birth as a human being (尘补苍耻峁补). (18)
Hindi Anvayarth:
啶呧え啷嵿さ啶ぞ啶班啶�: [啶膏啶掂き啶距さ啶ぞ啶班啶︵さ啶俔 啶膏啶掂き啶距さ 啶膏 啶灌 啶膏ぐ啶� 啶ぐ啶苦ぃ啶距ぎ 啶灌啶ㄠぞ [啶歖 啶 啶え啷佮し啷嵿く啶距く啷� 啶曕 啶嗋じ啷嵿ぐ啶� 啶曕ぞ 啶曕ぞ啶班ぃ 啶灌啷�
Anvayartha: [svabhavamardavam] svabhava se hi sarala parinama hona [ca] bhi manushyayu ke asrava ka karana hai |
Explanation in English from 膧c膩rya P奴jyap膩da鈥檚 Sarv膩rthasiddhi:
The nature of being mild or gentle is mildness or gentleness鈥�尘峁沝耻迟腻 or 尘腻谤诲补惫补. To be naturally mild is natural mildness. Natural means which comes without teaching or instruction. This natural mildness also leads to the influx of life-karma that causes birth as a human being. Why has this attribute been mentioned separately? It has been mentioned separately as it also leads to the influx of life-karma that leads to birth as a celestial-being.
Do these alone (as mentioned in 蝉奴迟谤补 17 and 18) cause the influx of life-karma that leads to birth as a human being? No.
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