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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CHAPTER FIVE
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Again, a pudgala, whether it be in a two-atomed state or in a three-atomed state, never gives up its pudgala-ness in the midst of these various states. Lastly, the white colour might change into the black, the black colour might change into the yellow—but in the midst of all these various modes of the form of colour the specific nature colourness retains its identity. The same considerations should apply in the case of each and every substance and each and every quality. 41.
The Types of Pariņāma and the Mention of Their Respective Seats :
It is of two types—viz. that without a beginning and that having a beginning. 42.
In the case of substances possessed of colour—that is, pudgala-substances—it is possessed of a beginning. 43.
In the case of jīvas it is yoga and upayoga that are possessed of a beginning. 44.
The period of time whose early end is unknown is that without a beginning, that whose early end is known is that having a beginning. When this well-known and universally accepted meaning of the phrases 'time without a beginning' and 'time having a beginning' is accepted, then in connection with considering the seat of the two types of pariņāma the conclusion is established that all substances whatsoever, whether coloured or otherwise, are characterized by both the types of pariņāma—that is, by pariņāmas without a beginning as well as by those having a beginning. Thus in the case of each of the substances it can be said that its pariņāmas viewed as a continuous stream are without a beginning while the same taken individually are possessed of a beginning. Even so, not only in the present aphorisms but even in the Bhāsya on the same why has all this not received a clear and complete formulation ?-this question has been raised by the author of the Vrtti and he has ultimately conceded that as a matter of fact all substances whatsoever possess both the types of parināma—that is, parināmas without a beginning as well as those