Aptamimansa Critique of an Authority Bhasya

Author(s): Samantbhadracharya, Akalankadev, Nagin J Shah
Publisher: Jagruti Dilip Sheth Dr

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CRITIQUE OF AN AUTHORITY - देवागमेत्यादिमङ्गलपुरस्सरस्तवविषयपरमाप्तगुणातिशयपरीक्षामुपक्षिपतैव स्वयं श्रद्धागुणज्ञतालक्षणं प्रयोजनमाक्षिप्तं लक्ष्यते। तदन्यतरापायेऽर्थस्यानुपपत्तेः । शास्त्रन्यायानुसारितया तथैवोपन्यासात् । आज्ञाप्रधाना हि त्रिदशागमनादिकं परमेष्ठिनः परमात्मचिह्न प्रतिपद्येरन्, नास्मदादयः, तादृशो मायाविष्वपि भावात्, इत्यागमाश्रयः ॥१॥
अध्यात्म बहिरप्येष विग्रहादिमहोदयः । दिव्यः सत्यो दिवौकस्स्वप्यस्ति रागादिमत्सु सः॥२॥
The divine excellence of body etc. - an excellence which might be of an internal or an external sort - is a genuine possession of even the denizens of heaven who are (by nature) under the sway of the spiritual deficiencies like attachment etc. (2)
Note: An illustration of the divine bodily excellence of an internal sort is utter absence of perspiration, an illustration of the divine bodily excellence of an external sort is the receiving of fragrant rainfall; the former is called 'internal' because its cause is organic to body, the latter is called 'external because its cause is not thus organic.
बहिरन्तःशरीरादिमहोदयोऽपि पूरणादिष्वसम्भवी व्यभिचारी, स्वर्गिषु भावादक्षीणकषायेषु । ततोऽपि न भवान् परमात्मेति स्तूयते ।।२।।
तीर्थकृत्समयानां च परस्परविरोधतः। सर्वेषामाप्तता नास्ति कश्चिदेव भवेद्गुरुः ॥३॥
As for the preachings of the various sect-founders, they cannot be all authentic because they are mutually contradictory; (hence) of these sect-founders some one at the most can be worthy of reverence. (3)
Note : The exact meaning of the statement kaścid eva bhaved guruh seems to be somewhat obscure. For if some one of the non-Jaina sect-founders is worthy of reverence why not try to find out as to who is that ? Maybe the statement means '(hence) there ought to be some one sect-founder who is worthy of reverence'.
न हि तीर्थकरत्वमाप्ततां साधयति शक्रादिष्वसम्भवि, सुगतादिषु दर्शनात् । न च सर्वे सर्वदर्शिनः परस्परविरुद्धसमयाभिधायिनः । ततोऽनैकान्तिको हेतुः । अत एव न कश्चित् सर्वज्ञ इत्ययुक्तम्, श्रुतेरविशेषादप्रमाणतापत्तेः । तथेष्टत्वाददोष इत्येकेषामप्रामाणिकैवेष्टिः ।