Purusharthsiddhyupay English

SR No.: 001105
Original Sutra Author: Amrutchandracharya
Author: Ajit Prasad
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown
Publication Year: 1933
Total Pages: 160
Language: English, Sanskrit
Classification: Book_English, Ethics, & Principle
File Size: 11 MB

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THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE JAINAS
कृतकृत्यः परमपदे परमात्मा सकलविषयविषयात्मा । परमानन्दनिमग्नो ज्ञानमयो नन्दति सदैव ॥ २२४॥
224. Quite contented, all knowables being reflected in Him, immersed in supreme Bliss, the embodiment of knowledge, the Paramàtıná is eternally Happy in the Highest Stage.
Commentary. In these two verses is described Purushártha Siddhi-the Nirvanic condition, the highest Purusha Stage; that of Paramátmáthe attainment of eternal infinite happiness, infinite omniscience, infinite power. एकनाकर्षन्ती श्लथयन्ती वस्तुतत्वमितरेण । अन्तेन जयति जैनीनीतिर्मन्थाननेत्रमिव गोपी ॥ २२५॥
225. Like a milk maid, drawing one (end) of the rope and loosening the other, Jaina Philosophy deals with the reality of things and succeeds in (acquiring) the Essence.
Commentary. A milk maid, engaged in churning, lets go one end of the rope round the churning rod, and draws in the other, and thus succeeds in bringing butter out of milk. Similarly Jaina Philosophy deals with the reality of things, alternately from the practical and real point of view.
From the practical point of view it prescribes the rules of conduct, and from the real point of emphasizes upon the inherent nature of soul, until the self is realized and in that stage of self realization both the points of view disappear. Success is then attained. Butter comes out of the milk, Soul reaches the stage of Highest Perfection. The átma becomes the Parmátmá. वर्णैः कृतानि चित्रैः पदानि तु पदैः कृतानि वाक्यानि । वाक्यः कृतं पवित्रं शास्त्रमिदं न पुनरस्माभिः॥ २२६॥
226. Words have been made by various alphabets, phrases have been made by words. This sacred treatise has been made by phrases; and not by us.