Agam 05 Ang 05 Bhagvati Vyakhya Prajnapti Sutra Part 02 Bhagvai Terapanth

SR No.: 006599
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Tulsi Acharya, Mahapragna Acharya, Mahendramuni, Nathmal Tatia
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati
Publication Year: 2009
Total Pages: 740
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Agam, Canon, & agam_bhagwati
File Size: 20 MB

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Bhagavai 3:2:119-126
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Bhāsya 1. Sūtras 119-126
There are three kinds of motion: upward, downward and horizontal. The motion of Sakra is not uniform in all these three directions; in some it is quick, in others it is slow. Similarly, the speed of the Vajra and Camara is also not uniform. There are nine possible combinations concerned with the three directions, namely, upward, downward and horizontal, and the three moving bodies namely Sakra, Camara, and Vajra. The speed of Sakra in one samaya in the lower direction is the least; in the horizontal direction, it is numerable parts more; and in the upper direction, it is numerable parts more than the latter. The speed of Camara in one samaya in the upward direction is the least; in the horizontal direction, it is numerable times and in the lower direction, it is numberable times the latter. The speed of the Vajra in one time-unit in the downward direction is the least; in the horizontal direction, it is somewhat more, and in the upper direction, it is somewhat more than the latter.
Calculated in the yojanas, the speeds of Sakra, Camara and the Vajra are as follows:
Sakra travels, in one samaya, two yojanas in upward direction, one and a half yojanas in the horizontal direction and one yojana in downward direction. Camara travels, in one time-unit 24/3 gavyūties in upward direction, 53 gavyūties in horizontal direction and two yojanas in downward direction (1 yojana = 4 gavyūties).
The Vajra travels, in one samaya, one yojana in upward direction, 34/3 gavyūties in horizontal direction, and 24, gavyūties in downward direction. The following table will make the calculation easily understandable --
Sakra Vajra
Camara Upward 2 yojanas 1 yojana
2/3 gavyūties Horizontal 1/2 yojanas 3/3 gavyūties 5/3 gavyūties Downward 1 yojana 2/3 gavyūties 2 yojanas
The following is the outcome of the comparative study of the subject of speed.
The upward speed of Sakra and the downward speed of Camara are identical, each being two yojanas.
The upward speed of the Vajra and the downward speed of Sakra are identical, each being one yojana.
The upward speed of Camara and the downward speed of the Vajra are identical, each being 2/3 gavyūties.
The horizontal speed of Camara is greater than that of the Vajra. The horizontal speed of Sakra is greater than that of Camara.
The maximum speed in one samaya is two yojanas. One yojana = 4 gavyūties. So two yojanas are equal to eight gavyūties. Although, according to a belief,