Bhavana Sataka

Author(s): A S Gopani, Dharmshila Mahasati, Girishkumar P Shah Pandit
Publisher: Labhubhai P Mehta

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नायं लोको निर्मितः केनचिनो कोऽप्यस्यास्ति त्रायको नाशको वा । . नित्योऽनादिः सम्भृतोऽजीवजीव-. द्धि हासौ पर्ययानाश्रयेते. ॥७५॥
Meaning :- Is there any creator of this world ? The reply to this question is verily in the negative. In other words, this world is not created by any one. So also is there no protector or no destroyer of it also. Then the question arises as to whether it sprang up of its own accord ? One reply is in the emphatic negative. It has never been created. It is from time immemorial. It never becomes totally destroyed also. It is eternal. It abounds in sentient and non-sentient things - Jiva and Ajiva. Now a doubt arises that no increase or decrease should take place in the world which is eternal. But we see that they do take place. The solution of the doubt is to be found in the reply that the six substances do not increase or decrease materially but whatever increase or decrease we see, we see in the Paryayas, modificatory changes, and as these are non-eternal, there is no objection if they take place in the them. (75)
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