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Nirayāvaliyao friend. He also wanted to controvert qi, when the latter would say सरिसवय is अभक्ष्य, by retorting that सरिसवय (सर्षव-a mustard) is भक्ष्य (eatable). But qpå seeing himself on the horns of a dilemına replies to the question by conditioning his sentence. Thus पार्श्व says that if he (सेमिल) means a frieud by सरिसवय, then he is never eatable. But if he means a mustard seed by any then, of course, it is eatable provided it is iga ( made devoid of life). In these answers to सेोमिल's questions the seeds of saaiaare are to be traced. In the same way arall replies to the questions of कुलत्थ and मास etc. मास means (1) month (2) a grain of उडद, (3) a particular measure. कुलत्थ
means (1) one nobly born, (2) a particular grain called 147 in Gujarati. Student is advised to read 106-107 pages of ज्ञातधर्मकथाङगसूत्र ( आ० स० ) and commentary thereon for this interesting passage. The following explanation from श्री चंद्रसूरि' commentary on निर यावलि is given here :
___ 'जत्ता ते भन्ते ! जवणिज च ते !' इति प्रश्नः, तथा सरिसवया मासा कु त्था एगे' भोजएण एगे भवं दुवे भव' इति च । एतेषां च यात्रादिपदानामागमिकगम्भीरार्थत्वेन भगवति तदर्थपरिज्ञा-मसंभावयताऽपभाजनार्थ प्रश्रः कृत इति । 'सरिसवय' ति एकत्र सदृशवयसः अन्यत्र सर्षपाः सिद्धार्थकाः । 'माष' त्ति एकत्र माषा दशार्धगुञ्जामानः सुवर्णादिविषयः अन्यत्र माषो धान्यविशेषः उन द इति लोके रूडः । 'कुलस्था' त्ति एकत्र कुले तिष्ठन्ति इति कुलत्थाः, अन्यत्र कुलत्था धान्यविशेषः । सरिसवयादिपदप्रश्नश्च च्छलग्रहणेनोपहासाथै कृतः इति । 'एगे भवं' ति एको भवान् इत्येकत्वाभ्युपगमे आत्मनः कृते भगवता श्रोत्रादिविज्ञानाना
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