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
The expression taraft, the chain of substances, conveys the idea of a well-ordained connection and thoroughly regulated interaction amongst all substances; and negatives the suggestion of confusion, chaos, or chance. The expression : 77-aqatati, in all their infinite conditions, shows that the infinite substances in the Universe are constantly, at every moment of time, undergoing change of condition, but the Omniscient sees and knows them all, as a whole, and in all their varying modes and circumstances, in past, present, and future.
The words yua ga, as if it were in a mirror, show the purity and exactitude of knowledge, without any indistinctness, confusion or overlapping, and the absence of any effort, mental or otherwise.
The pure, perfect and absolute knowledge is such that in it are reflected distinctly and simultaneously, at one and the same time, all possible and constantly changing conditions, past, present, and future, of all objects which exist, individually and collectively, analytically and synthetically, in all their minutest parts as well as in their whole; and without any effort or exertion, mental or otherwise.
Effort connotes imperfection, and only ceases to exist when perfection absolute is attained, and knowledge and soul become identical.
The auspicious opening verse demonstrates the basic doctrines of Jaina Philosophy, that all existence, though constantly changing, is an eternal entity, and not a mere illusion; that all ex capable of being definitely and positively known, and that Pure Consiousness, the Liberated Soul, is Omniscient. Jainism is thus distinguished from Illusionism, Atheism, and other systems of Philosophy.
परमागमस्य बीजं निषिद्धजात्यन्धसिन्धुरविधानम् । सकलनयविलसितानां विरोधमथनं नमाम्यनेकान्तम् ॥२॥
2. I bow to Anekant (Jaina Philosophy), which is the root basis of the Highest Scripture, which dispels the wrong notions about elephant, of persons born blind, and which removes the contradictions amongst all those who entertain one-sided or limited points of view.