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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Suha-dukkham-padam
7.160 neraiyaṇam bhamte! pave kamme je ya kade, je ya kajjai, je ya kajjissai savve se dukkhe, je nijjinne se suhe?
hamta goyama! neraiyāṇam pāve kamme je ya kade, je ya kajjai, je ya kajjissai savve se dukkhe, je nijjinne se suhe. evam jäva vemäṇiyāṇum.
The Topic of Pleasure and Pain
Is1 the sinful act of the infernals, O Lord! that was done, that is being done and that will be done, all productive of suffering and is the karma that fall away the productive of pleasure (relief from suffering)?
Yes, Gautama! the sinful act of the infernals, that was done, that is being done and that will be done is all productive of suffering, and the karma that falls away is the productive of pleasure (relief from suffering). This holds good for all soul-groups up to the Empyrean gods.
Bhāṣya
1. Sutra 160
Pain and pleasure have been defined from various standpoints. Commonly agreeable experience is called pleasure and disagreeable experience is called suffering. This definition is related to experience. In the present Sutra, the spiritual aspect of pleasure and pain has been defined. Acarya Kundakunda has propounded the doctrine that 'the soul itself is bliss'. To explain this, he says, "If the sight itself expels the darkness, what is the necessity of the lamp?" "As the soul itself is bliss, there is no need of the sensual objects to produce bliss." It means that bliss not a product, but the inherent nature of the soul.
1. Pravacanasara, gā. 67-
In the present Satra, pain and pleasure are attributed to bondage of evil karma and its falling away respectively. The binding of evil karma is the cause of suffering. as it creates obstacle in the experience of the innate bliss of the soul. The falling away of evil karma, therefore, acts as the cause of the experience of pleasure.
Generally, the bondage of meritorious karma is attributed to the falling away of accumulated karma. From this Sutra we can understand the modus operandi of the binding of punya karma, which results in feeling of pleasure. The punya karma that is bound is virtually an obstacle in the experience of the innate joy by the soul. The falling away of the bound karma, whether meritorious or demeritorious, is accompanied by the manifestation of the innate bliss of the soul.
Bhagaval 7:8:160
timirahara jai ditthi, jaṇassa divena natthi kādavvam | tacca sokkham sayamādā, visaya kim tatha kuvvamti?