Karmagrantha Part 4

SR No.: 090242
Original Sutra Author: Devendrasuri
Author: Shreechand Surana, Devkumar Jain Shastri
Publisher: Marudharkesari Sahitya Prakashan Samiti Jodhpur
Total Pages: 363
Language: Hindi
Classification: Book_Devnagari, Karma, & Religion
File Size: 5 MB

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वर्मग्रन्थ भाग चार
योग और वेदमागंणा का अल्प- बहत्व' |
मणवयणकाय जोगा, थोबा असंखगुण अनंतगुणा । पुरिसा थोवा इत्थी संखगुणानंतगुण कीवा ॥३६॥
मनोबचनकाययोगाः स्तोका असङ्खयगुणा अनन्तगुणाः ॥
पुरुषा: स्तोकाः स्त्रियः सङ्ख्यगुणा अनन्तगुणा कोल्वाः ॥१३६॥
अर्थ – मनोयोगवाले अन्य योगवालों से थोड़े हैं । यचनयोग वाले वचनयोग वालों से अनउनसे असंख्यातगुण और काययोगवाले
गण हैं ।
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पुरुष सबसे थोड़े हैं। स्त्रियां पुरुषों से सख्यातगुण और नपुंसक स्त्रियों से अनन्तगण हैं ||३६||
भावार्थ – मनोयोग वाले अन्य योगवालों से इसलिये थोड़े माने गये हैं कि मनोयोग संज्ञी जीवों में ही पाया जाता है। और संजी जोब अन्य सब जोवों से अल्प ही हैं । वचनयोग वाले मनोयोग वालों से असङ्खयगुण कहे गये हैं । इसका कारण यह है कि दोन्द्रिय, श्रीन्द्रिय, चतुरिन्द्रिय, असं पचेन्द्रिय और संजि - पञ्चेन्द्रिय, ये सभी बचनयोग वाले हैं । काययोग वाले वचनयोगियों से अनन्तगुण इस अभिप्राय से कहे गये हैं कि मनोयोगी तथा वचनघोगी के अतिरिक्त एकेद्रिय भो काययोग घले है ।
तिर्यञ्च स्त्रियां तिर्यख पुरुषों से तीन गुनी और तोन अधिक होती
१ – यह अल्प-बहुत्व, प्रज्ञापना के १३४वें पुष्ट में है । गोम्मटसार में पन्द्रह योगों को लेकर संख्या का विचार किया है। देखिये, जीव० गा० २५८ - २६६ ।
वेद-विधक अल्पबहुत्व का विचार भी उसमें कुछ भिन्न प्रकार से है । देखिये, जीव० गाथा० २७३ - २५०

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## Chapter Four of the Varmagranth
## The Few and the Many in Yoga and the Vedic Path

## Manavayanakaya Yoga: Few are the Manavayanakaya Yogis, countless and infinite are the others. Men are few, women are countless and infinite times more than men. ||36||

## Manobachan Kayayogas: Few are the Manobachan Kayayogis, countless and infinite are the others. Men are few, women are countless and infinite times more than men, and eunuchs are countless and infinite times more than women. ||136||

## Meaning:

Those who practice Manoyoga are few compared to those who practice other yogas. Those who practice Vachanayoga are countless times more than those who practice Manoyoga, and those who practice Kayayoga are infinite times more than those who practice Vachanayoga.

## Men are the fewest. Women are countless times more than men, and eunuchs are infinite times more than women. ||36||

## Explanation:

Those who practice Manoyoga are considered few because Manoyoga is only found in sentient beings. And sentient beings are few compared to all other beings. Those who practice Vachanayoga are considered countless times more than those who practice Manoyoga because two-sensed, three-sensed, four-sensed, five-sensed, and sentient five-sensed beings all practice Vachanayoga. Those who practice Kayayoga are considered infinite times more than those who practice Vachanayoga because in addition to those who practice Manoyoga and Vachanayoga, there are also one-sensed beings who practice Kayayoga.

## Animals are three times more numerous than animal men, and three times more than that are women.

## 1 - This discussion of the few and the many is found in the 134th chapter of the Prajnapanna. The Gommatasar considers the number of yogas to be fifteen. See, Jiva Grantha, verses 258-266.

## The Vedic discussion of the few and the many is slightly different. See, Jiva Grantha, verses 273-250.