Disclaimer: This translation does not guarantee complete accuracy, please confirm with the original page text.
The staff of Hindustan Part Printers, Jodhpur, deserve my gratitude for the clean and quick printing of this book.
Whatever achievement this book has is due to these hardworking, devout, and virtuous souls.
I humbly apologize to the learned scholars for any errors that may have occurred during the editing process.
May all be well. Enough for the wise.
Jawaharlal Motilal Jain Vaktavat, Bhindar
* Clarification of some difficult passages from the Jivakanda *
(1) Kevali - Samudhat (pp. 61-62; 726) Kevali Samudhat occurs in 8 times. (B. Pra. 2106) In the first time, there is Danda Samudhat. In the second time, there is Kapata Samudhat. In the third time, there is Pratar and in the fourth time, there is Lokapurana Samudhat. In the fifth time, the Atma-pradeshas become Pratar again. In the sixth time, they become Kapata, in the seventh time, they become Danda, and in the eighth time, they become the original body form. (B. Pra. 2106, Ra. Pa. 120/12/77 and Dhaval 185) These are the times of Samudhat, not otherwise:
Here, in the original text, on pages 61-62 and 726, it is said that in the fifth time, the Sayoga-kevali, who are spread throughout all the regions of the world (Lok), contract (Samvarga, contraction, shrinking, hiding, gathering) their Atma-pradeshas. The meaning of this sentence is that after the Lokapurana Samudhat in the fourth time, in the fifth time, they contract the Lokapurana and make the Atma-pradeshas Pratar again. In other words, there are two things that happen in the fifth time - the contraction (Samtroch) or conclusion (Upsamhar) or destruction or termination or stopping of the Lokapurana Samudhat, and the second thing is to make the Atma-pradeshas Pratar again. In reality, these two things are not two things but one thing. Because the destruction (i.e., Upsamhar) of the Lokapurana Paryaya is the production of the Pratar Paryaya, or the contraction (Samatana) of the Lokapurana Paryaya becomes the cause of the production of the Pratar form there. At the time when the previous Paryaya is destroyed, the production of the next Paryaya takes place. There is no difference in time between the Paryaya in the form of Nana (Upsamhar or Samkoch) and the Paryaya in the form of production. (Apt-Mimamsa 56, Dhaval 4335, Pancha-adhyayee Purvardha 234 etc.) Therefore, in the fifth time, there is the conclusion (=- destruction) or contraction (Samitav, stopping) of the Lokapurana Paryaya and the production of the Pratar Paryaya. Both these things happen. The simple meaning of this is that in the fifth time, there is the absence of the Lokapurana Paryaya and the appearance (production) of the Pratar Paryaya. Similarly, it should be said further. For example, in the sixth time, they contract the Pratar (do Upsamhar of Pratar) and make the Atma-pradeshas Kapata. In the seventh time, they destroy (destroy, destroy) the Kapata and make the Atma-pradeshas Danda. In the eighth time, they destroy (contract or contract) the Danda-rupa Atma-pradeshas and enter the original body in all regions, i.e., they become the original body form. (Kshapanasar 627, Jayadhaval 16/156-60)
Some Acharyas do not count the entry into the original body in the eighth time, because in the last (eighth) time, there is departure from the original body. In their view, there are only seven times of Samudhat. This
[18]