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Ratnakarandaka-śrāvakācāra
आप्तोपज्ञमनुल्लंघ्यमदृष्टेष्टविरोधकम् । तत्त्वोपदेशकृत्सार्वं शास्त्रं कापथघट्टनम् ॥ ९ ॥
सामान्यार्थ - वह शास्त्र सर्वप्रथम भगवान् के द्वारा उपज्ञात है, अन्य वादियों के द्वारा अखण्डनीय है, प्रत्यक्ष और अनुमानादि के विरोध से रहित है, तत्त्व का उपदेश करने वाला है, सबका हितकारी है और मिथ्यामार्ग का खण्डन अथवा निराकरण करने वाला है।
That alone is true scripture which is the word of the Omniscient (Apta), inviolable, not opposed to the two kinds of valid knowledge – direct (pratyakşa) and indirect (parokşa) – reveals the true nature of Reality, universally helpful to living beings, and potent enough to destroy all forms of falsehood.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Jain, Champat Rai provides the following explanation to this verse:
The achārya gives here the six principal characteristics of the Jaina Scripture. The word of the Tīrthankara is never in conflict with valid knowledge, however acquired; it is never couched in mystic or mythological language, but reveals the nature of things as these exist in nature. For this reason the Jaina Siddhānta has nothing in common with dogmatic theology or mysticism, and is a purely scientific system of rational thought, capable of raising the human soul from the lowest depths of sin and despair and of installing it in the coveted Supreme Seat. The next great characteristic given by the āchārya is the quality of being helpful to all living beings, without exception. Dayā (mercy) and ahimsā (non-injuring) being the fundamental tenets of the Holy Siddhānta, Jainism
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