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प्रवचनसार
Substance (dravya) does not exist without the mode (paryāya). As a rule, at no time substance (dravya) can exist without its modification (pariņāma). Only in imagination can the substance exist without its modification, like a kharavişāņa – the ‘horns of a hare'. Different modes of cow-produce (gorasa) – like milk, curd, butter, cheese and buttermilk – exist due to the presence of cow-produce; in the same way, modes (paryāya) exist only due to the presence of the substance (dravya). In addition, without the existence of the substance (dravya), modifications (pariņāma) cannot exist. It is because the substance (dravya) is the source or foundation of modifications (parināma); if there were no substance (dravya), on what would its modifications (pariņāma) subsist? If there were no cow-produce (gorasa), on what would milk, curd, butter, cheese and buttermilk subsist? The existence of an object can only be established with the existence of all three - the substance (dravya), the quality (guņa), and the mode (paryāya).
Explanatory Note: Only when there is simultaneous existence of the substance (dravya), the quality (guņa), and the mode (paryāya), there is existence of the object. Without presence of any of these three, the existence of the object cannot be established. For example, gold is a substance (dravya), yellowness is its quality (guņa), and earring is its mode (paryāya). Without any of these three, the existence of gold cannot be established. The modification (pariņāma) of the object is the mode (paryāya) of the substance (dravya). Without the mode (paryāya), there is no existence of the substance (dravya). The quality (guņa), and the mode (paryāya) are determined by the nature of the substance (dravya). Accordingly, the pure soul has pure quality and pure mode. When the soul has either auspicious (śubha) or inauspicious (aśubha) modifications (pariņāma), it becomes one with these
| SR No. | 034445 |
| Book Title | Pravachansara |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Vijay K Jain |
| Publisher | Vikalp Printers |
| Publication Year | |
| Total Pages | 407 |
| Language | Hindi, Sanskrit, English |
| Classification | Book_Devnagari & Book_English |
| File Size | 16 MB |