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## Chapter on Sattva
Now, describing the Sattva of the natures, first we describe the Sattva in the Mithyatva Guna-sthana.
**"Tiththaharaa jugavan, savvam tiththam na micchhagaaditiye. Tassattikammiyanam, taggunththanam na sambhavati."** (333)
**Meaning:** In the Mithyatva Guna-sthana, the one who has the Sattva of the Tirthankara nature, does not have the Sattva of the Aharaka-dvik. And the one who has the Sattva of the Aharaka-dvik, does not have the Sattva of the Tirthankara nature. The one who has the Sattva of both the Aharaka-dvik and the Tirthankara nature simultaneously, does not have the Mithyatva Guna-sthana. Therefore, in the Mithyatva Guna-sthana, with respect to one Jiva, there is not the simultaneous Sattva of both the Aharaka-dvik and the Tirthankara nature, but only the Sattva of one. And with respect to many Jivas, the Sattva of both is found. In this way, in the Mithyatva Guna-sthana, the Sattva of 148 natures is found with respect to many Jivas. In the Sasadan Guna-sthana, with respect to one Jiva or many Jivas, the Sattva of the Tirthankara and the Aharaka-dvik, whether sequentially or simultaneously, is not found, therefore 145 natures are eligible for Sattva. In the Misra Guna-sthana, the Sattva of one Tirthankara nature is not found, therefore there is the Sattva of 547 natures, because those natures do not have that Guna-sthana whose Sattva is found in them.
**1. Doubt:** In the second Guna-sthana, there is no Sattva of the Tirthankara nature, the Aharaka body, and the Aharaka limbs. And in the third Misra Guna-sthana, the Sattva of the Aharaka body and the Aharaka limbs is mentioned. With respect to what is this mentioned?
**Solution:** The Tirthankara nature has Bandha-Samyak-drishti. And after the beginning of Bandha of this nature, that Jiva does not attain Mithyatva, meaning it remains Samyak-drishti. If that Jiva has attained the second or third hell before the Tirthankara nature, then such a Jiva, being born in the second or third hell, is Mithyatva-drishti for one Antarmukha-purva and one Antarmukha-pashchat. Only such a Jiva has the Sattva of the Tirthankara nature in the Mithyatva Guna-sthana. The Jiva born in hell does not have death in the second or third Guna-sthana, because the second or third Guna-sthana is not found in hell. Therefore, the Jiva with the Sattva of the Tirthankara nature does not attain the second or third Guna-sthana. This is the reason why the Sattva of the Tirthankara nature is prohibited in the second and third Guna-sthana.
The one who falls from Prathama-upashama Samyak-tva goes to the second Guna-sthana. The Prathama-upashama Samyak-drishti does not have the Bandha of the Aharaka-dvik. The Jiva who has the Sattva of the Aharaka-dvik does not attain Prathama-upashama Samyak-tva, because without the Udvelana of the Aharaka-dvik, the state of Samyak-tva and the Mina nature is not eligible to attain Prathama-upashama Samyak-tva. Among the thirteen Udvelana natures, the Aharaka-dvik is the first to be Udvelana. Therefore, in the second Guna-sthana, there is no Sattva of the Aharaka-dvik. Or, the Jiva with the Sattva of the Aharaka-dvik does not attain the second Guna-sthana by falling from Samyak-tva, this is the nature, and nature is not the subject of logic. Even without the Udvelana of the Aharaka-dvik, the Mithyatva-drishti Jiva with the Sattva of the Aharaka-dvik can go to the Misra Guna-sthana, therefore the Sattva of the Aharaka-dvik is mentioned in the third Guna-sthana. (Pandit Ratanchandra Mukhtar Vyakhya, 116)