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Bhagavai 3:1:17 and attained the divine celestial fortune, the divine celestial splendour, the divine celestial power. The kind of the divine celestial fortune, the divine celestial splendour, the divine celestial power achieved, obtained and attained by thyself, the beloved of gods, had been achieved, obtained and attained by Sakra, the chief and the king of gods. The kind of the divine celestial fortune ...... up to attained by Sakra, the chief and the king of gods, has been ..... up to attained by thyself, the beloved of gods.
O Lord, how great fortune...... up to how great mastership in creating the protean bodies are possessed of by god Tisyaka?
O Gautama, Tisyaka god is possessed of great fortune... up to great power. He lives there exercising sovereignty over his own space-abode, four thousand co-chiefs, four chief queens with retinue; three assemblies, seven armies, seven army-chiefs, sixteen thousand sentinels and many other Empyrean gods and goddesses. Possessed of such great fortune...... up to mastership of creating the protean bodies, just like a youth clasping the hands of a maiden, etc.,...... up to like that of Sakra. This is indeed merely the description of the domain of Tisyaka god though he did never exercise such protean power in the past, nor does he exercise such power at present, nor will he do so in the future.
Bhāṣya
1. The celestial bed covered with celestial wrapper in the Hall of birth by descent:
There are three types of birth: by agglutination of material particles, by the womb, and by descent. Gods are born by descent. Their birthplace is called the Hall of birth by descent. In that Hall, there is a celestial bed with a bed-sheet. The bedsheet is covered by a celestial robe. According to Siddhasenagaṇī, the god is born in between the bed-sheet and the celestial robe and absorbs the protean material particles to build his protean body. He does not build his body by the material particles of the bed-sheet or the celestial robe. Nor does he build his protean body by the semen and blood of the parents. His birth consists in reaching the place of celestial bed in the Hall of birth by descent.'
2. The height of the innumerableth part of a finger-breadth
At the time of birth, the height of the embryo is equal to the innumerableth part of the finger-breadth. The maximum height varies from individual to individual. The minimum height is equal to the innumerableth part of the finger-breadth. 3. State of maturity attained through five kinds of maturation
Maturation relates to the stream of life. The formation of the body starts with the types of bio-potential which are six in number. The soul begins all six varieties of bio-potential simultaneously, but completes them successively, beginning with
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| SR No. | 006599 |
| Book Title | Agam 05 Ang 05 Bhagvati Vyakhya Prajnapti Sutra Part 02 Bhagvai Terapanth |
| 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 |