Pravachansara

SR No.: 034445
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Vijay K Jain
Publisher: Vikalp Printers
Total Pages: 407
Language: Hindi, Sanskrit, English
Classification: Book_Devnagari & Book_English
File Size: 16 MB

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Pravacanasāra
substance of matter (pudgala) is infinite times the number of souls. All six substances have their distinctive, infinite modes of the three times. All these modes constitute the objects-ofknowledge (jñeya). Only the soul (ātmā, jīva) has the power to know. Just as the fire, while burning the fuel – wood, grass and leaves – takes its form, but continues to maintain its own nature as the fire, similarly, the knowledge-soul (jñāyaka), while knowing the objects-of-knowledge (jneya) takes their form, but continues to maintain its knowledge-nature. The soul knows itself by own knowledge, on its own. This is the nature of the soul. Since the soul is all-knowing and all objects are reflected in its knowledge, the soul that does not know all objects-of-knowledge (jneya), surely, does not know the soul too. The direct (pratyakşa) knowledge of the soul implies the knowledge of all objects-of-knowledge (jñeya), as these reflect in the soul. The knowledge of all objects-ofknowledge means the knowledge of the soul, and the knowledge of the soul means the knowledge of all objects-of-knowledge; the two are the same. In essence, the one who does not know all objects-ofknowledge (jñeya) does not know the soul (ātmā, jīva).
दव्वं अणंतपज्जयमेगमणंताणि दव्वजादाणि । ण विजाणदि जदि जुगवं कध सो सव्वाणि जाणादि 1-49॥
द्रव्यमनन्तपर्यायमेकमनन्तानि द्रव्यजातानि ।
न विजानाति यदि युगपत् कथं स सर्वाणि जानाति ॥1-49॥ सामान्यार्थ - [ यदि ] जो [अनन्तपर्यायं एक द्रव्यं ] अनन्त पर्याय वाले एक आत्मद्रव्य को [ नैव जानाति ] निश्चय से नहीं जानता [ तदा ] तो [ सः] वह पुरुष [ युगपत् ] एक ही बार [अनन्तानि] अंत रहित [सर्वाणि] सम्पूर्ण [ द्रव्यजातानि ] द्रव्यों के समूह [कथं ] कैसे [ जानाति ] जान सकता है?
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