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This commentary reflects upon almost all the important topics described in Jain Agam literature. It is a compilation and assessment of detailed material on knowledge, proof, ethics, Syadvada, Nayavada, and Karmavada. Its greatest feature is that Jain philosophical principles are compared with other philosophical principles. It analyzes the beliefs of Jain Agam literature from a logical perspective. This commentary is very useful for understanding the deep secrets of Agam and has been followed by later scholars. First, the sermons are greeted, and then it is written that liberation is attained through both knowledge and action. The necessary is itself knowledge-action-filled. From it, perfection is attained. Just as a skilled physician allows a suitable diet for a child, so too has the Lord granted permission for the necessary for seekers. Various obstacles arise in the best work. There is a provision for auspiciousness for their peace. Auspiciousness occurs in three places in the text. The word auspiciousness has been contemplated from the perspective of deposition. Knowledge feeling is auspicious. Therefore, there is a very detailed description of the five types of knowledge.
The necessary has been contemplated from names, etc., deposits. There are two types of necessary: substance-necessary and Agam and non-Agam forms. The example of Prince Kunal is given for the high-letter text. The example of the Vidyadhar is given for the low-letter text. The example of a child is given for both, and for the eager, examples of excessive food and medicine are given. To clarify the nature of the non-Agam form of the substance-necessary, the example of the Sadhvabhas is given. The feeling-necessary is also of two types: Agam form and non-Agam form. The use of the meaning of the necessary, which is the result of form, is the Agam form of feeling-necessary. The knowledge-action, which is the result of both forms, is the non-Agam form of feeling-necessary. The synonyms of the six necessities and their meaning-authority have been considered.
While contemplating Samayik, it has been said - equanimity is the characteristic of Samayik. Just as space is the basis of all substances, so too is Samayik the basis of all virtues. There are three types of Samayik: vision, knowledge, and character. There are many gates to enter a great city, so too are there four gates to the study of Samayik: undertaking, deposition, following, and Nay. All four gates have been described in detail. The essence of Samayik scripture is Samayik. Character is the direct cause of liberation. The purity of character comes from the true knowledge of the object through knowledge. Even with perfect knowledge, the being does not become liberated until it receives the benefit of complete purification. When does the being receive the benefit of Samayik? While contemplating this, it has been written that the being cannot receive the benefit of Samayik while the eight karma natures are in their excellent states. The excellent state of name, lineage is twenty koți-koți sagaropama. The excellent state of the deluding is seventy koți-koți sagaropama. The excellent state of knowledge-obscuring, vision-obscuring, painful, and hindrance is thirty koți-koți sagaropama. The excellent state of life-karma is thirty-three sagaropama. When the excellent state of the deluding karma is bound, the excellent state of knowledge-obscuring, vision-obscuring, painful, name, lineage, and hindrance karma is bound, but there is no fixed rule for the state of life-karma. It can be bound in all three states: excellent, medium, and inferior. When the excellent state of any karma other than the deluding is bound, the excellent state of the deluding or other karma is bound, but the state of life-karma can also be bound in the inferior state. Of these Samayik: rightness, scripture, country-vow, and all-vow, whoever has bound the excellent karma state, cannot attain even one Samayik. But it also happens and does not happen from the previously accepted alternative. For example, in the Uttara-Vimana-dwelling gods, there is previously accepted rightness, scripture, but not in the rest. Those who have the inferior state of knowledge-obscuring, etc., do not even receive the benefit of one of these four Samayik, because they have already received it. Therefore, the question of receiving it again does not arise. The inferior state of life-karma
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