Tattvartha Sutra

SR No.: 006796
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Sukhlal Sanghavi, K K Dixit
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad
Publication Year: 2000
Total Pages: 596
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Tattvartha Sutra, & Tattvarth
File Size: 10 MB

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bodies should in fact be treated as upabhoga appropriate to the kārmaṇa body. Why then is this body said to be devoid of upabhoga ?
TATTVARTHA SUTRA
Answer: That is right. As thus understood even the kārmaṇa body is certainly possessed of upabhoga. However, when in the present context it is declared to be devoid of upabhoga the idea simply is that without receiving assistance from the remaining bodies the kārmaṇa alone is not in a position to make possible upabhoga as described above. That is to say, for realizing upabhoga as thus understood it is four bodies audārika etc. that are directly instrumental; that is why they are said to be possessed of upabhoga while the kārmaṇa body is said to be devoid of upabhoga because it is thus instrumental only indirectly. 45.
Bodies Available Since Birth and Those Created Artificially :
Lastly there arises the question as to which bodies are available since birth and which are created artificially-also the question as to which body is available since birth in the case of which type of birth and as to what causes the artificial creation of a body.
An answer to all this comes in the present four aphorisms.
The taijasa and kārmaṇa-these two bodies are neither available since birth nor are they created artificially. That is to say, these bodies are there immediately after birth and yet they are connected with a soul since a beginningless time. The audarika body is exclusively available since birth and emerges in the case of birth out of a womb as also in that of birth by way of agglutination; and those entitled to this body are none but the human beings and animals. The vaikriya body is of two types-one that is available since birth and the other that is created artificially. Of these, that available since birth emerges in the case of birth by way of sudden manifestation and those entitled to it are none but the heavenly beings and hellish beings. As for the vaikriya body created artificially its cause is a super-ordinary power. The super-ordinary power in question is a sort of capacity born of penance and is possible only