Tattvartha Sutra

SR No.: 034448
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Vijay K Jain
Publisher: Vikalp Printers
Publication Year: 2018
Total Pages: 500
Language: Hindi, Sanskrit, English
Classification: Book_Devnagari & Book_English
File Size: 5 MB

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अध्याय-४
There is decrease with regard to motion (gati), stature (śarīra), attachment (parigraha) and pride (abhimāna).
Motion (gati) is the cause of movement from one place to another. The stature (śarīra) means the transformable (vaikriyika) body. Attachment (parigraha) is fondness for worldly things owing to the fruition of greed-passion (lobhakaṣāya). Pride (abhimāna) is haughtiness or self-conceit (ahamkāra) owing to the fruition of pride-passion (mānakaṣāya). These are less and less in vaimānika deva of higher and higher kalpa. Due to decrease in fondness for seeking pleasure in different places, there is less movement (gati) of celestial beings in higher kalpa. The stature (śarīra) of Saudharma and Aiśāna deva is seven cubit (aratni or hātha), that of Sānatkumāra and Māhendra deva is six cubit, that of Brahma and Brahmottara, and Lantava and Kāpistha deva is five cubit, that of Sukra and Mahāśukra, and Satāra and Sahasrāra deva is four cubit, that of Anata and Prāṇata deva is three and a half cubit, and that of Arana and Acyuta deva is three cubit. The stature (sarīra) of the ahamindra in lower graiveyaka is two and a half cubit, and in the middle graiveyaka it is two cubit. The stature (śarīra) of the ahamindra in the upper graiveyaka and in the anudisa vimāna is one and a half cubit. In the five anuttara vimāna the stature of the ahamindra is one cubit. These are the stature (śarīra) of the deva by own-nature (svabhāva); the stature is transformable (vaikriyika). Higher and higher up, the attachment (parigraha) relating to the size of the celestial-car (vimāna), habitation, dress, retinue, and possessions is less and less. The external possessions shrink as there is increase in merit (punya) and decrease in infatuation (mūrcchā). Similarly, higher and higher up, pride (abhimāna) also reduces as the intensity of passions decreases.
The rule concerning the thought-colouration (leśyā) of the first three classes of deva has been mentioned earlier. Now the rule concerning that of the fourth class is mentioned.
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