Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary)
by Vijay K. Jain | 2018 | 130,587 words | ISBN-10: 8193272625 | ISBN-13: 9788193272626
This page describes the means to attain samvara (stoppage of karmas) which is verse 9.2 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 2 of the chapter Stoppage and Shedding of Karmas and includes an extensive commentary.
Verse 9.2 - The means to attain 蝉补峁僾补谤补 (stoppage of karmas)
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of Tattvartha 蝉奴迟谤补 9.2:
啶� 啶椸啶啶むた啶膏ぎ啶苦い啶苦ぇ啶班啶ぞ啶ㄠ啶啶班啶曕啶粪ぞ啶ぐ啷�啶粪す啶溹く啶氞ぞ啶班た啶む啶班啶� 啷� 啷�.啷� 啷�
sa guptisamitidharm膩nuprek峁Ｄ伇璨拱梗a丑补箩补测补肠腻谤颈迟谤补i岣� || 9.2 ||
Stoppage (蝉补峁僾补谤补) is affected by control鈥�gupti, carefulness鈥�samiti, virtue鈥�dharma, contemplation鈥�补苍耻辫谤别办峁Ｄ�, conquest by endurance鈥�辫补谤墨峁丑补箩补测补, and conduct鈥�肠腻谤颈迟谤补. (2)
Hindi Anvayarth:
啶呧え啷嵿さ啶ぞ啶班啶�: [啶椸啶啶むた啶膏ぎ啶苦い啶苦ぇ啶班啶ぞ啶ㄠ啶啶班啶曕啶粪ぞ啶ぐ啷�啶粪す啶溹く啶氞ぞ啶班た啶む啶班啶僝 啶む啶� 啶椸啶啶むた, 啶ぞ啶佮 啶膏ぎ啶苦い啶�, 啶︵ざ 啶оぐ啷嵿ぎ, 啶ぞ啶班す 啶呧え啷佮お啷嵿ぐ啷囙啷嵿し啶�, 啶ぞ啶掂啶� 啶ぐ啷�啶粪す啶溹く 啶斷ぐ 啶ぞ啶佮 啶氞ぞ啶班た啶む啶�-啶囙え 啶�: 啶曕ぞ啶班ぃ啷嬥 啶膏 [啶膏] 啶膏啶掂ぐ 啶灌啶むぞ 啶灌啷�
Anvayartha: [guptisamitidharmanuprekshaparishahajayacaritraih] tina gupti, pamca samiti, dasha dharma, baraha anupreksha, bavisa parishahajaya aura pamca caritra-ina cha: karanom se [sah] samvara hota hai |
Explanation in English from 膧c膩rya P奴jyap膩da鈥檚 Sarv膩rthasiddhi:
Stoppage (蝉补峁僾补谤补) has been described. The means to attain stoppage are mentioned in the next 蝉奴迟谤补.
That by which the soul is protected from the causes of transmigration is control鈥�gupti. Careful movement in order to avoid injury to organisms is regulation or carefulness鈥�samiti. That which takes one to the desired goal is virtue鈥�dharma. Meditating on the nature of the body, and so on, is contemplation鈥�补苍耻辫谤别办峁Ｄ�. To bear with the sufferings of hunger, etc., for the sake of dissociation of karmas is endurance. Conquest by patient endurance is 辫补谤墨峁丑补箩补测补. Conduct鈥�肠腻谤颈迟谤补鈥揾as been explained in the first 蝉奴迟谤补. These, gupti, etc., are most helpful in stoppage (蝉补峁僾补谤补), therefore, these are mentioned as instrumental causes. This is the section on stoppage (蝉补峁僾补谤补). Still the pronoun 鈥�蝉补岣�鈥欌�撯�榠t鈥欌�搃s used in order to indicate direct association of stoppage (蝉补峁僾补谤补) with gupti, etc. What is its purpose? It is intended for determination. That is, stoppage can be achieved only by gupti, etc., and not by any other means. Thus, activities such as pilgrimage to holy places, bathing in holy waters, initiation in offering the head as an oblation, and the worship of deities in order to win favours, are precluded. The karmas acquired on account of attachment (谤腻驳补), aversion (诲惫别峁) and delusion (moha) cannot be got rid of by any other way.