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•: 130 : . Jinabhadra Gaņi's [The second cannot accomplish objects like sarira on account of the following reasons :
(1) If jiva is presumed to be the Kartā of sarîra etc, it must have some means to produce them. Just as a potter cannot produce a ghata without the help of an upakarana like danda, so also jîva cannot accomplish Kāryas like srîra in absence of an upakarana. Now, jîva is not supposed to have any other upakarana except Karman in producing sarîra etc. For, no other upakarana except Karman can exist in the state of embryo etc.
(2) In the process of accomplishment of Kāryas like sarîra, jiva would not be able to suck up semen, blood etc. without the help of Karman.
(3) Jîva cannot accomplish surîra etc. on account of its inactive, incorporeal, and all-pervading nature like akasa.
Again, it is useless to believe that sarîravan Isvara produces each and every object such as deha etc. Because the above-mentioned difficulties are bound to arise in that case also. In absence of an upakarana, Is'vara like a potter without a danda, is not supposed to create his own body. Now here, if it is assumed that a second Is'vara creates the body of this Is'vara, consider whether that Isvara has a body or not. If he has no body it is clear from what has already been discussed that he cannot create surîra in absence of an upakarana. But if it is said that a third īs'vara having a body creates the body of this Is'vara, a fourth Is'vara shall have to be supposed to create the body of the third one, and a fifth Is'vara to create that of the fourth one, and so on until ultimately it results in an anavasthā which is not at all desirable.
Thus it is clear that Isvara is not the creator of sarîru etc. But in spite of that if it is believed that Is'vara creates šarîra etc, consider whether he does so with or without any
| SR No. | 011044 |
| Book Title | Gandharwad |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Ratnaprabhvijay, D P Thaker |
| Publisher | Jain Granth Prakashak Sabha |
| Publication Year | 1942 |
| Total Pages | 579 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 63 MB |