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Two Words
1. Due to Editing
(From the First Edition)
It has taken a long time for Sarvarthasiddhi to be edited and published. About eight or nine years ago, during a special reading, it came to my attention that there are many places in Sarvarthasiddhi where some parts are doubtful to be considered its waste part. But when a sentence, phrase, word or part of a word becomes a part of the original text due to the carelessness of the scribe or other reasons, then it is quite difficult to separate it without any basis. I faced this problem even during the reading of Sarvarthasiddhi and as a result, I was inclined towards its editing.
It is clear that Acharya Pujyapada has explained the two sutras 'NirdessvAmitva' and 'Satsankhya' of the first chapter of Tattvarthasutra on the basis of Shatkhandagama. We will discuss this further in the introduction by writing a separate chapter. Here we only need to see if there is any laxity in the explanation of these sutras and if there are any signs of laxity, what is the reason for it?
While explaining the sutra 'NissvAmitva', Acharya Pujyapada has directed the master of Samyagdarshan with the shelter of all the four motions. There, in support of the absence of Kshayik Samyagdarshan in Tiryanchas, the following sentence is available in the previously printed copies:
'Kuta Ityukte Manusyah Karmabhumij Ev Darshanamohakshapana Praarambhako Bhavati. Apanapraarambhakalaparva Tiryaksha Baddhayushko'pi Uttanabhogabhamitiryakpurushavevo Utpadhyate Na Tiryastree Shu: Dravyavedastree Nanta Saan Kshayikasanbhavat. Evam Tirya Chamapya Paryapta Kanaan Kshayopashaamikam Jneyam Na Paryapta Kanaam.'
There is a directive of this type of rule in the Agamas of both Digambar and Svetambar traditions that Samyagdristi does not get born in the female bodies of any motion after death.
But in the Svetambar Agama, in the sixth Agama called Jnatadhakath, it is told from the context of the story of Mallinath Tirthankar that Mallinath Tirthankar had performed the karma called 'Stree Nama Karma' in his previous Mahabal bhav due to Maya Char, due to which he became a woman in the Paryaya of Tirthankar. And for this reason, the later Svetambar commentators have explained the above rule as 'Samyagdristi does not become a woman after death, this is with respect to Bahulya'.
Here we do not need to consider the context of this story, we only need to see what this 'Stree Nama Karma' is. Is it the 'Stree Ved' Nokshay out of the nine Nokshays or is it directed by Angopaang? When this karma is bound in the Paryaya of Mahabal, they were Samyagdristi Sadhu who bound the nature of Tirthankar and there is a rule of Karma Shastra that Samyagdristi's 'Stree Ved' is not bound because the binding of 'Stree Ved' is only up to the second Gunasthan. Therefore, this binding karma cannot be the 'Stree Ved' Nokshay. As for the matter of Angopaang, firstly, such a difference is not seen in Angopaang. The differences of Avantaar...
1. See Study 8. 2. Therefore, from this, Mahabal has been destroyed by this reason, this is the karma that destroys them. Jnata 0 Page 312.