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The _Shri Sutra Kritanga Sutra_ reveals the true nature of things. They are the heroes, the leaders, the best in this world. The word "tu" here is used in the sense of an adjective. According to it, they are the best because they give good advice - this is the meaning. They show beings the path to liberation. What is that path? They explain that it leads to good fortune, to the highest state, and prevents misfortune, prevents bad rebirth. They narrate, according to the Dravyastikaya Nay, the eternal nature of things in this world, which is limited by the fourteen ropes and has five Astikayas. Or, they also explain how beings in this world are eternally bound to the cycle of rebirth. According to them, as false views increase, the cycle of rebirth becomes more stable, because the Tirthankaras and the Aharakas, who are free from karma, are all possible in it. Because the beings, through the four places of Mahaarambha, etc., bind themselves to the hellish lifespan. Until then, the cycle of rebirth does not end. Or, as attachment and aversion increase, the cycle of rebirth becomes more stable. This is how the Tirthankaras have described it. Therefore, as karma accumulates, binds, or increases, the cycle of rebirth also increases. It should be understood that the cycle of rebirth increases when the mind, speech, and body become corrupt, when they engage in evil actions. Those who are born in the cycle of rebirth are called "praja". All animals or beings are included in "praja". They are especially found in the four states of hell, animal, human, and god. Among them, humans are mostly worthy of instruction. Therefore, it is said here, addressing humans, that you should know this. The Sutrakar, briefly explaining the different types of beings, explains how they wander in the cycle of rebirth.
Those who are Rakshasas, or those who are Yamaloka, or those who are Suragandhavas, or those who are Kaya, or those who are Akashagami, or those who are Prithivyashrita, all of them wander again and again in different states.
Commentary: "Ye" are some of the Rakshasa beings of the Vyantara category. Because of the non-grasping of that, all the Vyantaras are included here. And those who are Yamaloka beings, like Amba, Ambarisha, etc., because of their characteristic, all the Bhavanapatis are included here. And those who are "Sura", like Saudharma, etc., who are Vaimanika, because of the "cha" word, the Jyotishkas, like Surya, etc., are included here. And those who are "Gandharva", like the Vidyadharas, who are a special type of Vyantara, because of the grasping of that, the importance is explained. And "Kaya", like the Prithvi Kaya, etc., all six are included here. Again, wanting to grasp the beings in another way, he says: "Ye" are some who are "Akashagami", who have attained the ability to fly in the sky, and those who have not attained it, the four types of Devas, the Vidyadharas, the birds, and the animals. And those who are "Prithivyashrita", who are the earth, fire, plants, and the two, three, four, and five-sense beings, all of them, because of their own actions, wander again and again in different ways, in many ways, in a roundabout way, in a way that is like a wheel, in a way that is close to each other, they go, they wander.
Commentary: Here, the Rakshasas, who are included in the Vyantara category, are grasped. Because of this, all the Vyantaras are included here. Amba, Ambarisha, etc., are the beings who live in the Yamaloka. Because of their characteristic, all the Bhavanapatis are included here.
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