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## Devagam - Aapta-Mimamsa **3. Devagam-Vritti -** This is a concise explanation of the Devagam. It is neither as difficult as the Ashta-Shathi nor as extensive and profound as the Ashta-Sahasri. The commentary on the karikas is also not lengthy, nor is it a philosophical elaboration. Only the word-meaning and sometimes the implied meaning of the karikas and their words are presented in a very concise manner! However, this Vritti is quite useful for understanding the meaning of the karikas. Its author is A. Vasunandi, who himself wrote at the end of the Vritti that 'I am a dull-witted and forgetful person. I have written this concise description of the Devagam for my own benefit.' This clear self-introduction of the Vritti-kar reveals the brevity of this Vritti and its purpose. It is noteworthy that Vasunandi, even though he had access to the Ashta-Shathi and Ashta-Sahasri commentaries on the 114 karikas of the Devagam, and knowing the concluding mangal-padya of a Devagam-vyakhya by a previous Acharya, as mentioned by Vidyānanda in the karikas like 'Jayati Jagati', etc., on what basis did he consider the 115th karika of the Devagam and describe it? This is a matter of thought. We believe that in ancient times, there was a tradition among the sadhus of reciting the Devagam and memorizing it. Vasunandi must have memorized the Devagam from such a copy, which, along with the original 114 karikas of the Devagam, also included the concluding mangal-padya of the said unknown Devagam-vyakhya, and marked it with the number 115. Vasunandi must have written this Devagam-Vritti to memorize the meaning of the Devagam without referring to the Ashta-Shathi and Ashta-Sahasri commentaries, and in it, he must have described all (115) the memorized karikas. This is the reason... 28 1. 'Srimat Samantabhadracharyasya Devagamakhyah Kriteh Sanksepabhutum Varnanam Kritam Shrutavismaranashilena Vasunanadina Jadamatina Atmopakaraya' - Vasunandi, Devagamvritti p. 50, Sanatan, Jain Granthamaala.
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________________ देवागम - आप्तमीमांसा ३. देवागम-वृत्ति - यह देवागमकी लघुपरिमाणको व्याख्या है | यह न अष्टशतीकी तरह दुरूह है और न अष्टसहस्री के समान विस्तृत एवं गम्भीर है । कारिकाओंका व्याख्यान भी लम्बा नहीं है और न दार्शनिक विस्तृत ऊहापोह है | मात्र कारिकाओं और उनके पद-वाक्योंका शब्दार्थ और कहीं-कहीं फलितार्थ अतिसंक्षेपमें प्रस्तुत किया गया है ! पर हाँ, कारिकाओं का अर्थ समझने के लिये यह वृत्ति पर्याप्त उपयोगी है । इसके रचयिता आ० वसुनन्दि हैं, जिन्होंने वृत्तिके अन्तमें स्वयं लिखा है' कि 'मैं मन्दबुद्धि और विस्मरणशील व्यक्ति हूँ । मैंने अपने उपकारके लिए ही इस देवागमका संक्षिप्त विवरण किया है ।' वृत्तिकारके इस स्पष्ट आत्मनिवेदनसे इस वृत्तिकी लघुरूपता और उसका प्रयोजन अवगत हो जाता है । उल्लेखनीय है कि वसुनन्दिके समक्ष देवागमकी ११४ कारिकाओं पर ही अष्टशती और अष्टसहस्री उपलब्ध होते हुए तथा 'जयति जगति' आदि कारिकाको विद्यानन्दके उल्लेखानुसार किसी पूर्ववर्ती आचार्यकी देवागम - व्याख्याका समाप्ति - मङ्गल-पद्य जानते हुए भी उन्होंने उसे देवागमकी ११५वीं कारिका किस आधारपर माना और उसका विवरण किया ? यह चिन्तनीय है । हमारा विचार है कि प्राचीन कालमें साधुओंमें देवागमका पाठ करने और उसे कण्ठस्थ रखनेकी परम्परा रही है । वसुनन्दिने देवागमको ऐसी प्रतिपरसे कण्ठस्थ किया होगा, जिसमें मूलमात्र देवागमकी ११४ कारिकाओंके साथ उक्त अज्ञात देवागम - व्याख्याका समाप्तिमङ्गल-पद्य भी अङ्कित कर दिया गया होगा और उसपर ११५ का अङ्क डाल दिया होगा । वसुनन्दिने अष्टशती और अष्टसहस्री टीकाओंपरसे जानकारी एवं अनुसन्धान किये बिना देवागमका अर्थ हृदयङ्गम रखनेके लिये यह देवागम-वृत्ति लिखी होगी और उसमें कण्ठस्थ सभी ( ११५) कारिकाओं का विवरण लिखा होगा । यही कारण २८ १. 'श्रीमत्समन्तभद्राचार्यस्य देवागमाख्याः कृतेः संक्षेपभूतं विवरणं कृतं श्रुतविस्मरणशीलेन वसुनन्दिना जडमतिनाऽऽत्मोपकाराय ' - वसुनन्दि, देवागमवृत्ति पृ० ५०, सनातन, जैन ग्रन्थमा ० Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org
SR No.001170
Book TitleAptamimansa
Original Sutra AuthorSamantbhadracharya
AuthorJugalkishor Mukhtar
PublisherVeer Seva Mandir Trust
Publication Year1978
Total Pages190
LanguageHindi, Sanskrit
ClassificationBook_Devnagari & Philosophy
File Size9 MB
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