Dravya Sangraha

SR No.: 011098
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Nemichandra Siddhant Chakravarti, Saratchandra Ghoshal
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown
Total Pages: 324
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, P000, & P040
File Size: 29 MB

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THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE JAINAS.
मग्गणगुणठाणेहि य चउदसहि हवंति तह असुद्धगया । facùm áarû aðà ger § ge¶¶ || 23 || @ Magganagunathanchi ya chandasabi havanti taha asud dhanaya.
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Vinneya samsari savve suddha hu suddhaṇaya.(1.3). Padapâtḥa.- Taha, again. Samsari, Samsâri (Jiva). Asuddhanaya, according to Asuddha (impure) Naya. f Chandasah (according to) fourteen. Magganagupathanehi, Margana an Gunasthana. Havanti, are. Ya, but. Suddhaṇaya, accordin to Suddha (pure) Naya. Savve, all. Flu, surely. Suddha, Suddha (pure). faar Vinneyâ, are to be known.
13. Again, according to impure (Vyavahârn) Naya, Samsari Jivas are of fourteen kinds according to Mârgana and Gunastbâna. But according to pure Naya, all Jivas should be understood to be pure.
COMMENTARY.
This verse, if thoroughly understoorl, will make known to us the doctrine of Jainism about the gradual stages of development of soul.
The whole of the universe is full of very minute living beings, technically called Nigoda. These infinite and conscious beings are not in an appreciable state of development. From these beings come out the developing souls and, after passing the different stages of development, become liberated. There is no chance of any soul in which development has once begun to go back to the original Nigoda state. Nowhere in the universe can we find an inch of space which does not contain Nigoda beings. These beings are therefore the source from which souls longing for development come out. The stages of development are fourteen in number, and technically these are known
*Sanskrit rendering:
मार्गयागुणस्थानैः च चतुर्दशभिः भवन्ति तथा अशुद्ध नयात् । विशेयाः संसारियः सर्वे शुद्धाः खलु शुद्धमयात् ॥ १३ ॥ Margapagugasthanaiḥ cha chaturdasabhiḥ bharanti tatha sinddemarat Vijñeyaḥ samsaripaḥ sarvve suddhaḥ khaln suddhanayât. (18).