Agam 45 Chulika 02 Anuyogdwar Sutra

Author(s): Nathmal Tatia
Publisher: Research Institute of Prakrit Jainology & Ahimsa Mujjaffarpur

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It is without scriptural knowledge (no-agama), because there is no such knowledge at the moment. But if it is devoid of the soul, how can it be the Avassaya as substance-potential, there being no possibility of knowledge at any time? And in that case any thing such as a piece of stone will also turn out to be the Avassaya, because its material particles could be incorporated at some time in the body of the person knowing the Avassaya. The answer is that the bodies of knowers of Avassaya in the past in the following states are liable to arouse consciousness of the Avassaya when looked at and hence they can be called Avassaya]: a body which is lying on bed, on bed cover, on surface of stone-slab, occupied by emancipated souls (in the past), having seen which (viz. body) someone would say, "Ah! by this body-conglomerate indeed the treatise named Avassaya was properly understood (from the teacher), spoken (to the disciples), explained, shown (in practice), pointed out and propounded (through various nayas 'standpoints'), in accordance with the purpose envisaged by the Jina". What is the example in point? (In reply, it is said), 'This was a pot of honey', 'This was a pot of ghee'. This is the Avassaya as substancepotential (namely) body of the knower.
AṆUOGADDĀRĀIṀ
18. Then what is the Avassaya as substance-potential (namely) body of the competent person ? The Avassaya as substance-potential (namely) body of the competent person is (the body of) a soul which has come out of womb through birth, and will study, living in this very body-conglomerate accepted (by him), in future time, in accordance with the purpose envisaged by the Jina, but is not studying (at present) the treatise of the Avassaya. What is the example in point? (In reply, it is said) 'This will be a pot of honey', "This will be a pot of ghee'. This is the Avassaya as substance-potential (namely) body of the competent person.
(Here the pot which is meant to contain honey or ghee in future is popularly called honey-pot or ghee-pot, though it is empty at present. Similarly the body of the person who is destined to learn the Avassaya in future is called dravyavasyaka, though the body is yet to become the ground of such learning, and is devoid of it at present though the person is competent to learn the Avassaya).
19. Then what is the Avassaya as substance-potential other than the body of the knower and the body of the competent person? The Āvassaya as substance-potential other than the body of the knower and the body of the competent person is stated to be threefold, viz. (i) worldly, (ii) belonging to perverse instruction and (iii) extra-worldly. 20. Then what is the Avassaya as substance-potential, which is worldly? The Avassaya as substance-potential, which is worldly is (as