Reality English Translation of Sarvarthasiddhi

SR No.: 001197
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: S A Jain
Publisher: Jwalamalini Trust Chennai
Publication Year: 1992
Total Pages: 334
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Philosophy, Tattvartha Sutra, Tattvartha Sutra, & Tattvarth
File Size: 20 MB

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LIFETIME THAT CANNOT BE CUT SHORT
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cannot be designated male and female, as conceiving etc. are absent in them. These three signs occur among the rest, that is those born of the uteri.
On the basis of birth, place of birth, body and sign, the celestial and other beings have been described as of several kinds. They are associated with bodies in the four states, actuated by various grades of good and evil. Do they embrace other bodies after living their full lifetime completely or even prior to it?
औपपादिकचरमोत्तमदेहासंख्येयवर्षायुषोऽनपवायुषः ॥५३॥ Aupapādi kacaramottamadehāsarıkhyeyavarṣāyuso anapavartyāyuşaḥ
(53) 53. The lifetime of beings born in special beds, those with final, superior bodies and those of innumerable years, cannot
be cut short
Aupapādika has been explained as celestial and infernal beings who take their origin in special beds. Carama means ultimate, final, last, that which comes at the end. Utlama means superior. Those endowed with final and superior bodies are those with final, superior bodies. That is, those who have reached the end of the cycle of births and deaths, those who will attain liberation in the same birth. Innumerable is that which is beyond numerable. Those, whose lifetime is indicated by palyopama etc., are the animals and human beings born in the lands of enjoyment such as Uttarakuru. These three are formed into a compound. Aupapādikacaramoitamadehāsarkhyeyavarşāyuşaḥ. Apavartyam is shortening by the presence of external objects such as poison, weapons, etc. Those whose lives are cut short are apavartyāyuşaḥ. Those whose lives are not cut short are anapavartyāyuşah. In the case of these beings (celestial beings and the others mentioned in the sutra), their lifetime cannot be cut short by external causes. This is a certainty. There is no such certainty in the case of others. The word uttama is intended to indicate the superior nature of the final body, and there is no other special meaning. Caramadehāḥ is also another reading.