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**Introduction**
33 Pariṣahs arise from Vedaniya Karma. Since Vedaniya Karma arises in those who have it, therefore, their harmony is said to be up to that point.
Thus, in the Gunasthānas of Apramatta-samyata, etc., the Sūtra-kāra has spoken of the harmony of Pariṣahs, keeping in mind the cause. And for this reason, Ācārya Pūjyapāda, in the Sarvārthasiddhi-kāra, has first explained this Sūtra from the viewpoint of the Sūtra-kāra. Later, when he saw that some other scholars, like ordinary humans, were misinterpreting the mention of Pariṣahs, which are caused by the Kevali, and were only presenting the obstacles of hunger, thirst, etc., he used the word "na samshi" to explain that there are not eleven Pariṣahs in the form of the Kevali's actions. He has derived a different meaning from that Sūtra. In this, there is neither his sectarian view nor has he twisted the meaning. The sectarian view is of those who see it from that perspective. There have been and are differences of opinion among the Ācāryas, but it is a matter of understanding and experiencing how far it is appropriate to put the garland of sectarian view on all differences of opinion. If Ācārya Pūjyapāda had been of a sectarian viewpoint, he could have made a complete change in the Sūtra instead of making such an effort. But he has kept his position absolutely clear. If we look at it from the point of view of the truth, this is the only example that can be the touchstone of his literary authenticity. This is the second example of Artha-antaranyāsa. Apart from this, one or two more examples of Artha-antaranyāsa can be presented, but since there is no special purpose, we have not mentioned them here.
Thus, from these four examples, it is easily understood how much Ācārya Pūjyapāda has taken care of the protection of the original Sūtra-pāṭha and the variant readings.
**4. Sarvārthasiddhi and Tattvārtha-bhāṣya**
Even so, Ācārya Pūjyapāda is accused of having improved and expanded the available Sūtra-pāṭha and created the Sarvārthasiddhi. We will see later what period the Sarvārthasiddhi belongs to and what period the Tattvārtha-bhāṣya belongs to. There, we will only have to consider the inner nature of these two from a comparative perspective.
**1. Sūtra-pāṭha**
First, we take the Sūtra-pāṭha. There are enough minor differences in the Sūtra-pāṭha accepted by the Sarvārthasiddhi and the Sūtra-pāṭha accepted by the Tattvārtha-bhāṣya, due to changes in words or additions and deletions of Sūtras, but we do not have to speculate about all of them here. There are three Sūtras in which there is a fundamental difference. First, the Sūtra that states the number of heavens, second, the Sūtra that states the investigation in Sanatkumāra, etc., and third, the Sūtra that states that time is not an independent substance.
The fundamental difference in the Sūtra that states the heavens is that the Sūtra-pāṭha accepted by the Sarvārthasiddhi enumerates 16 Kalpas, while the Sūtra-pāṭha accepted by the Tattvārtha-bhāṣya enumerates 12 Kalpas. The objection to this is that when the Sūtra-pāṭha accepted by the Sarvārthasiddhi mentions twelve distinctions of Kalpa-upanna Devas and sixteen are enumerated while counting the names, then it becomes a sufficient basis to believe that either Ācārya Pūjyapāda or some other Ācārya before him has added or subtracted from this Sūtra and given it its present form, while the situation of the Sūtra-pāṭha accepted by the Tattvārtha-bhāṣya is completely different from this. Therefore, it is very likely that the Sūtra-pāṭha accepted by the Tattvārtha-bhāṣya is the original and that the Sūtra-pāṭha accepted by the Sarvārthasiddhi was created later by improving it."
**1. See P. Sukhlalji's Introduction to Tattvārtha-sūtra, pp. 84, 85 2. See the two Sūtra-pāṭha sections, Appendix and its commentary 3. See A. 3 S. 2 1 4. For these objections, see P. Sukhlalji's Introduction to Tattvārtha-sūtra, pp. 73-89**