Gandharwad

SR No.: 011044
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

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Gaṇadharavada
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सुव्यक्तचैतन्यलिङ्गाश्च यथा तवो न तथा लवणो - पल - जलादय इति तेषामेवादा चैतन्यं साधितमिति ।। २०८ ।। ( १७५६ ) ॥
D. C.-Trees, corals, salts, and stones etc, are sa-cetana at their own places of production. Because, the sprouts of these objects spring up again and again like the sprout of flesh springing up in the case of disease of piles etc.
Vyakta-Really speaking, you had started to establish sa-cetanatva in the elements like prithvi etc. Then, what is the idea in proving sa-cetanate a first in the case of vanaspati and then in the case of prithvi?
Bhagavana :-Vanaspati is nothing but a form of prithvi. Hence, out of the five bhutas, vanaspati resides only in prithvi. Moreover, the spirit of life is not so clearly manifested in stones etc. as it has been in case of vanaspati. For this reason O Vyakta! Caitanya is established first in vanaspati and then in prithvi.
Now, the sa-cetanatva of water is established
भूमि क्खयसाभाविय संभवओ ददुरो व जलमुत्तं । अहवा मच्छो व सभाववोमसंभूयपायाओ ॥ २०९ ।। (१७५७)
Bhumikkhayasabhāviyasambhavao dadduro vva jalamuttam Ahava maccho va sabhāvavomasambhūyapāyāo 1209 | (1757)
[ भूमिक्षतस्वाभाविक संभवतो दर्दुर इव जलमुक्तम् ।
अथवा मत्स्य इव स्वभावव्योमसंभूतपातात् ॥ २०९ ॥ ( १७५७ ) Bhumikṣatasvabhävikasambhavato dardura iva jalamuktam Athava matsya iva svabhavavyomasambhūtapātāt II 209 || (1757)]
Trans-209 Water springing up naturally by digging the earth is said to be living like a frog; or, by reason of its falling naturally from the sky, water is living like a fish. (1757)