Svabhavvada a Study

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16 : SHRI MAHAVIRA JAINA VIDYALAYA GOLDEN JUBILEE VOLUME
way of the view of others the Svabhāvavada to explain the variety of the world; the doctrine of Svabhāva obviously dismisses the conception of punya and pāpa for explaining the variety of the universe.
In his commentary20 on Praśnavyäkarana Sutra Jñanavimala thus writes about this doctrine: "Some believe that the universe was produced by Svabhāva and that everything comes about by Svabhāva only."
In his commentary21 to Praśnavyākarana Sūtra Abhayadeva attempts to distinguish between YadȚccha and Svabhāva. He explains all kinds of happiness and grief and every event taking place in the world as due to accident, mere chance. Svabhava he explains, after Asvaghosa, as 'natural development'.
Siddhasena Divakaraa, Haribhadra and later Jaina writers hold that
अन्यस्मिस्तु पाषाणखण्डे पादक्षालनादि क्रियते, न च तयोः पाषाणखण्डयोः शुभाशुभे स्तः, यदुदयात्स तादृग्विधावस्थाविशेष इत्येवं स्वभावाज्जगद्वैचित्र्यं । तथा चोक्तम्--
कण्टकस्य च तीक्ष्णत्वं, मयूरस्य विचित्रता। वर्णाश्च ताम्रचूडानां, स्वभावेन भवन्ति हि ।।
-Silanka's Commentary to Sutrakrtanga, folio 21 (a) 20 केचित् स्वभावभावितं जगद् मन्यन्ते स्वभावनैव सर्वः संपद्यते।।
-Jñanavimala to Praśnavyākarana 7, fol. 29 (cited by Basham) कः कण्टकानां प्रकरोति तैक्षण्यं विचित्रभावं मृगपक्षिणां च । स्वभावतः सर्वमिदं प्रवृत्तं न कामचारोऽस्ति कुतः प्रयत्नः ॥
-Gunaratna : Tarkarahasyadipikā to Saddarsana
Samuccaya, p. 13 (cited by Basham) Note : Referring to this verse Basham writes : “Gunaratna quotes a verse which he attributes to the supporters of this doctrine." It will be evident by comparing this verse with Ašvaghoşa's (which is already quoted above) that barring slightly variant readings, it is the
same as that of Aśvaghosa. 21 अनभिसंधिपूर्विकार्थप्राप्तिर्यदृच्छा।
अतर्कितोपस्थितमेव सर्व चित्रं जनानां सुखदुःख जातम् । काकस्य तालेन यथाभिघातो न बुद्धिपूर्वोऽत्र वृथाभिमानः ।। सत्यं पिशाचाः स्म बने वसामो भेरी करापि न स्पृशामः ।
यदृच्छया सिद्धयति लोकयात्रा भेरी पिशाचा: परिताडयन्ति ।। स्वभावः पुनर्वस्तुत: स्वत एव तथा परिणतिभावः । "कः कण्टकानाम्" इत्यादि ।
-Abhayadeva's Commentary to Praśnavyäkarana Sutra 22 काल सहाव णियई पुत्वकम्म पुरिसकारणेगंता ।
मिच्छत्तं तं चेव उ समासओ हुंति सम्मत्तं ।।