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156/Go. Sa, Jivakanda
Verse 118: The lineages that arise from the successive emergence of specific natures are called 'kulas'. According to the Mulachara commentary, "the term 'kula' refers to the position of the mind due to the body."
Doubt: What is the difference between 'kula' and 'yoni'?
Solution: The distinctions of 'jati' are called 'kulas', and the foundational place from which beings originate (the cause of their birth) is called 'yoni'. For example, banyan, peepal, worm, clam, ant, bumblebee, fly, cow, horse, etc., and Kshatriya, etc., are 'kulas'. Tuber, root, egg, womb, sap, sweat, etc., are 'yonis'.
Doubt: What is the benefit of knowing 'kula', 'yoni', 'margana', etc.?
Solution: By understanding the nature of all beings through the support of 'kula', 'yoni', and 'margana', one should make their faith unshakeable, i.e., free from doubt. Shri Kundakunda Acharya has also said in Mulachara:
"The fruits, 'yoni', 'margana', and the battles, are all the same for all beings. By knowing this, doubt will be removed from all beings." ||37||
Thus, the second chapter, called 'Jivasamasaprarupana', in the Gommatasar Jivakanda is complete.
3. Paryapti-Prarupana Adhikar
The characteristics of 'paryapti' and 'aparyapti', and the distinction between 'paryapti' and 'aparyapti' in a being:
"Just as a house, a pot, and a cloth, etc., are inanimate substances that are both full and empty, in the same way, beings are also of two types: full and empty. Full beings are called 'paryaptak', and empty beings are called 'aparyaptak'." ||11||
Special Meaning: The cause of completeness is called 'paryapti'. Food, body, senses, drink, language,
1. Based on the Mulachara commentary. 2. This verse is found in Gh. Pu. 2, p. 417. It is also found in Pra. Pan. San. p. 2, Pra. 1, Ga. 43, but there, instead of 'Pundira Jiwa Pattidra', the reading is 'Punnapunyano Panjattiyara'. 3. 'Pajjati' - 'Paryapti' - the causes of completeness (Mulachara Paryapti Adhikar 12. Ga. 4. commentary).