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## Six Substances - Description of Five Astikayas - Hindi Meaning Commentary
First, in the beginning of this scripture, with the intention of offering a unique auspicious salutation to the Jinas, in the form of the sentiment expressed by the hundred Indras, the Acharya states the first sutra:
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**General Meaning with Anvaya:** (Indasadbandiyaṇam) Saluted by a hundred Indras, (Tihuṇa-Hidamdhura-Visad-Vakkāṇam) Benefactor of the three worlds, speaking sweet and clear words, (Antaati-Guṇāṇam) Possessor of infinite qualities, and (Jidbhavaṇam) Conqueror of the world, (Jiṇāṇam) To the Arhats (Naṃo) Salutations.
**Specific Meaning:** Here, the Arhats are being saluted. The remembrance of the infinite knowledge and other qualities of the Arhats is called a salutation of sentiment. It is said that a hundred Indras saluted the Arhats, thereby revealing the greatness of the Arhats' worthiness. It is also stated that these Arhats are the only deities worthy of being saluted by a hundred Indras. The words of the Arhats are beneficial because they show the way to attain the nature of the pure soul. The natural, unparalleled, supreme bliss that arises from the samadhi free from attachment and distractions, that is the certainty of happiness, the taste of its essence, that is the supreme state of equanimity, those who are attracted to its essence, those human beings, are captivating to their minds, and they are clear and expressed, because there is no doubt, delusion, or confusion in those words. This is a shell or silver, such fickle knowledge is called doubt. The desire to be certain that something will happen when the grass touches the foot is called delusion. To know the shell as silver is delusion. And those words are also clear because they describe the seven principles, nine substances, six substances, and five astikayas, starting with the pure jiva astikaya. Or, there is no contradiction between the past and the future in those words, which also makes them clear. Or, all beings hear the divine sound of the Arhats in their own language and understand it clearly. There are eighteen major languages, including Kannada, Magadhi, Malwa, Lata, Gauda, and Gurjara, each with three divisions, and seven hundred minor languages, and that voice is heard by all at the same time in many languages, which also makes it clear.
**In other scriptures, it is said about the words of the Arhats:**
That unparalleled word of the omniscient Lord, free from all defects, protects us, which is beneficial to all souls, is not in the form of letters, manifests without the movement of the lips, is without desire, is not stained by faults, and does not have the sequence of stopping and starting of breath.