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Gatha 644-645
Samyaktva-marga-na / 703
Visheshartham "Samaye prabaddhyate iti samayaprabaddha:" - That which is bound in one time-instant is called samayaprabaddha.
- How many divisions are there in samayaprabaddha?
Shanka (Doubt)
Samadhan (Resolution)
In one samayaprabaddha, the quantum of pudgala-dravya is infinite. It is also said:
Pancha rasa-panchavarnebhi parinayadu-gandha-chaduhipha-sehi.
Davimara-tapasam jivehi pranata-gunahi-nam. || 2 ||
Sayala-rasa-rupa-gandhehi parinada-charama-chaduhim pha-sehi.
Siddha-do 'bhavva-do 'nantima-bha-gam gunam dravvam. || 1961 || 3
"Pranata-pasa sava-jiva-hi pranata-guna-hi abhava-siddha hi kamma-bandha joga pudgala-dravvam hoi."
The pudgala-dravya bound in karmic bondage is infinitely less than the qualities of the Siddhas, and infinitely more than the qualities of all living beings. This is the samayaprabaddha.
Whatever dravya is bound, that much dravya undergoes asrava (influx) in each time-instant. Thus, the quantum of dravya-karma bound in one samayaprabaddha is the measure. And the stoppage of this dravya-karma is dravya-samvara.
Shanka - Since the stoppage of influx is samvara, asrava should have been mentioned.
Samadhan - Asrava is of two types: (1) Bhava-asrava and (2) Dravya-asrava.
Prasavadi jerana kammam parinamenana parono sa vippo.
Bhavasa-yo jinutto kammasa-varanam paro hodi. || 26 || [Dravya-sangraha]
1. Dhavala, Vol. 12, p. 478. 2. Prabhacandra, Pramana-naya-tattvalokalamkara, p. 280, Mantra 465. Pujyapada, Sarvarthasiddhi, p. 624. 5. "Asrava-nirodha: samvara." [Tattvartha-sutra 9/1]. 624, Mantra 120. 2. Gommatasara, Karmakanda, 6, Samayika-siddhi 9/1. 4. Prabhacandra.