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 6:4:64-68 -non-observing (i.e., observing of a partial know the vow)? Gautama! the souls that are five-sensed, know all the three (alternatives);
the rest do not know any of the three. 6.67 jīvā nam bhamte! kim paccakkhānam kuvvamti? apaccakkhānam kuvvamti?
paccakkhānāpaccakkhānam kuvvamti. jahū ohio tahā kuvvanā. Do the souls, O Lord! undertake the observing of (total) vow to abstain from sinful activity? (Or) Undertake the non-observing? (Or) Undertake the observing-cum--non-observing? (i.e., undertake observing of a partial vow)? The observing of the undertaking of (total) vow etc. is to be explained
like the general paradigm (as given in Sūtras 6.64-65). 6.68 jivä nam bhamte! kim paccakkhānanivvattiyāuyū upaccakkhānivvatti-yāuyā?
puccukkhänāpuccakkhānanivvartiyäuyä! goyamā! jīvā ya, vemāniyā ya paccakkhānanivvattiyāuyā, tinni vi. avasesā apaccakkhānunivvattivāuyā. Are the souls, O Lord! of life-span bound on the account of the observing of (total) vow to abstain from sinful activity? Life-span bound on account of the non-observing? Life-span bound on the account of the observing-cum- non-observing (i.e., observing of a partial vow)? Gautama! the souls (in general) and the Empyrean gods are of life-span bound on account of the observing of (total) vow to abandon any sin, nonobserving and also of life-span bound on account of the observing-cum-non-observing. The souls belonging to the rest of groups are of life-span bound on occount of the non-observing of vow.
Bhāsya 1. Sūtras 64-68
The root Vkhyā with prefix pruti + ā has a number of meanings-lo abandon (renounce), to abstain from sinful activity, to deny,' to decline.?
In the present dialogue, pratyākhyāna is a technical term which means - abandoning (renouncing) all sinful activities. The term pratyākhyāni thus means one who abandons (renounces) all sinful activity, i.e., one who is absolutely abstinent or who is observer of the great vows' (prescribed for an ascetic).
Apratyākhyānī, on the other hand, means--non-abstinent--one who has not undertaken any vow, i.e., who is totally non-observer of any vow. Pratyākhyānāpratyākhyānī means--partially abstinent, or a lay-follower who has undertaken the 12 vows, that is, one who has not undertaken the great vows." (From the point of view of observer of the lay follower's vows, he is “pratyākhyāni", but from the point of view of non-observer of "great vows of the ascetic," he is "apratyākhyāni"; hence, he is called "Pratyākhyānäpratyākhyāni").