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## 316] Sarvarthasiddhi
[8125 83818781. It is said; the enumeration of the objects of bondage, namely, merit and demerit, has been stated, and it has been declared that they are included in bondage. In this connection, it is to be stated what is the bondage of merit and what is the bondage of demerit. In this regard, this sutra is begun for the enumeration of the nature of merit:
**Sadvaidyashubhayurnamagotrasani punyam ||25||** 8782. "Shubha" means auspicious. This is connected with each of the subsequent terms, such as auspicious life, auspicious name, and auspicious lineage. Auspicious life is of three kinds: the life of a lower animal, the life of a human, and the life of a god. There are thirty-seven varieties of auspicious name. For example, the state of being a human, the state of being a god, the five-sense beings, the five bodies, the three limbs and appendages, the square-shaped form, the strong structure of a diamond, a bull, and a spear, auspicious color, auspicious taste, auspicious smell, and auspicious touch, the sequence of human states and the sequence of god states, these two, the heavier and the lighter, the striking, the exhaling, the heat, the radiance, the auspicious state of non-attachment, fear, haste, fulfillment, each body, stability, auspiciousness, prosperity, good voice, receiving, fame, creation, and the name of the Tirthankara. One high lineage is auspicious, and Sadvaidyam. These forty-two natures are called "punya".
**Special Meaning:** This sutra discusses the bondage of the region. The pudgala atoms that are taken in the form of karma undergo transformation in eight or seven ways, such as knowledge-obscuring karma, etc. Their intake is always happening in the state of the world. The main cause of intake is yoga. They are subtle. The intake of karma atoms occurs in the region where the soul is situated. The intake of other karma atoms does not occur. The karma atoms that are taken in reside in all the regions of the soul, and they are infinite. This is the meaning of this sutra. From this, the general outline of the bondage of the region and its cause become known.
8781. After the objects of bondage, merit and demerit have been enumerated, and their inclusion in bondage has been declared, it is to be stated here what is the bondage of merit and what is the bondage of demerit. In this regard, this sutra is begun for the enumeration of the nature of merit:
**Sadvaidyashubhayurnamagotrasani punyam ||25||** 8782. "Shubha" means auspicious. This is connected with each of the subsequent terms, such as auspicious life, auspicious name, and auspicious lineage. Auspicious life is of three kinds: the life of a lower animal, the life of a human, and the life of a god. There are thirty-seven varieties of auspicious name. For example, the state of being a human, the state of being a god, the five-sense beings, the five bodies, the three limbs and appendages, the square-shaped form, the strong structure of a diamond, a bull, and a spear, auspicious color, auspicious taste, auspicious smell, and auspicious touch, the sequence of human states and the sequence of god states, these two, the heavier and the lighter, the striking, the exhaling, the heat, the radiance, the auspicious state of non-attachment, fear, haste, fulfillment, each body, stability, auspiciousness, prosperity, good voice, receiving, fame, creation, and the name of the Tirthankara. One high lineage is auspicious, and Sadvaidyam. These forty-two natures are called "punya".
**Special Meaning:** Here, forty-two auspicious natures are enumerated. Those that have more sections due to auspicious results are auspicious natures. This characteristic occurs in these natures, therefore, they are considered auspicious natures. In terms of bondage, the total number of natures is considered to be 120. In this regard, the number forty-two is specified here. Here, instead of enumerating twenty sub-categories of color, etc., only four categories are enumerated. The commentator of the Tattvartha-bhashya, Acharya Gṛddhapichchha, has also included samyaktva-prakriti, laughter, pleasure, and purusha-veda in the auspicious natures. And Vira Sena Swami has also established them as auspicious natures in the Jayadhavala commentary. Thus, the total number of auspicious natures is indicated. 1. Punya-bandha-prakriti-mu.