Agam 05 Ang 05 Bhagvati Vyakhya Prajnapti Sutra Part 01

SR No.: 002130
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: K C Lalwani
Publisher: Jain Bhawan Publication
Publication Year: 1999
Total Pages: 354
Language: English, Prakrit
Classification: Book_English, Agam, Canon, & agam_bhagwati
File Size: 16 MB

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52. Difference in size is relative. Something is big relative to another which is small, and vice versa.
53. Q. 69 starts with 'same intake' followed by 'same physical dimension'. But in the answer, physical dimension is placed earlier, because intake is always and invariably relative to physical dimension. Once the body size is stated, the quantum of intake becomes easier to explain. It follows that not all living beings in the same species have same intake, same physical dimension or same respiration.
54. The answer appears to be applicable to living beings who are assigned to an infernal existence for a similar duration of stay, and not for dissimilar durations. Suppose, a living being is assigned to hell for a duration of 10,000 years, and another joins later with a duration of 1,000 years. Now, even though the latter has joined later, he will have a purer colour due to shorter duration. The same is true of tinge in Q. 76. With the same duration of stay, however, a being who has come earlier will have a purer colour and purer tinge than another who has joined later, and, in consequence, the latter takes a deeper colour and deeper tinge.
55. "Sannibhūya' is one with mind, hence with consciousness ; 'asaņņibhūya' is the reverse of it. One with conscior'sDess has a great feeling of pain. Some commentators have considered 'sanjña' to be synonymous with pure or right faith. According to this view, when one changes from a wrong to a right faith, he is a 'sannibhūyä'. According to a third view, 'sannibhūya' is one with right outlook. A fourth view holds that 'sannibhūya' is one who had 'five organs of senses before coming to hell' which cause him the greatest feeling of pain. All the views have relevance more or less.
56. Three types of outlook have been distinguished-right, wrong and mixed, and five types of activity viz., endeavour, possession, deceit, non-abstinence and wrong faith. Their distribution is as follows: