Contribution of Jainas to Sanskrit and Prakrit Literature

Author(s): Vasantkumar Bhatt, Jitendra B Shah, Dinanath Sharma
Publisher: Kasturbhai Lalbhai Smarak Nidhi Ahmedabad

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Contribution of Jainas to Sanskrit and Prakrit Literature
Atma is, indeed all gods; everything else) stands in Atma. The same Atma created the embodied beings and their Karma Yoga. (79).
Atma sustains the universe and is the creator of happiness and sorrow. Atma is both heaven and hell; Atma is this entire universe. (80).
iśvara does not create either the agency or actions of the world. (Actually it is association with the rewards of one's actions that exert itself through one's nature. (81). Jīvātmā
The Jivātmā is designated "Self-existent" - (Svayambhu)-on account of self-knowledge being. Its very nature, the possibility of self-introspection (on its part) and the (ability to) give birth to its own Karma. (82).
Weapons do not cut it, fire cannot burn it, waters cannot make it wet, wind cannot dry it up. (83).
It is one that cannot be cut or split (into parts). It is without name and form; it is eternal, constantly moving and yet firmly steady. It is unmoving and immortal. (84).
It is imperishable and the one that is the very Atma of all beings. It is also to be known as the heaven and meditator. It is the very life-force, the supreme Brahman; it is Hansa (=of the nature of Jiva) and (also the eternal) Virāta (= all-pervading). (85).
Higher than this there is no visioner, (nor) a hearer or a meditator. He is neither the performer of actions or an enjoyer; nor is He the one who speaks. (86)
Through superimposition, the living one (=Atma) gets bound with actions and comes to attain to the transitory world. Then is He born in this world. When the transitory world) ceases to exist for Him, He (as Jivātmā) attains to the highest state (of liberation). (87). .
(Only through Atma), the Atma humbled and humiliated (Dinam) (by transitory existence) should be uplifted. (It is) only Atma that that is a companion of Atma, and Atma (indeed) is an enemy to Atma. (88)
Either my friends who are very much satisfied or my enemies who are gravely (offended and therefore) angry will not be able to do that to me which