Dravya Sangraha

Author(s): Nemichandramuni
Publisher: Chandraprabha Digambar Jain Mandir Trust

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The Sacred Book of the Jains
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which is found in other substances and which is of different degrees as the same is relative to that of different substances.
Sthaulya or grossness is, similarly, of two kinds : (1) grossness of the maximum limit e.g. that of the whole universe and (2) grossness less than the maximum limit which may be of various degrees.
Samsthana or shape is of two kinds : (1) that which can be permanently defined (e.g. round, square, triangular, etc.) and (2) that which cannot be permanently defined (e.g. the shape of clouds).
Bheda (division or separation) is of six kinds : (1) Utkara (e.g. sawing a piece of wood), (2) Churna (e.g. grinding wheat into powder), (3) Khanda (e.g. breaking up a pitcher into its differenc parts), (4) Churnika (e.g. separating the chaff from rice, pulses, etc.), (5) Pratara (e.g. dividing mica into many slices) and (6) Anuchatana (e.g. causing sparks to fly out from a glowing ball of iron).
Tamah is darkness. Chhaya is of two kinds : (1) Inverted images, as seen in mirror etc, and (2) un-inverted images. In the first of these the left side becomes right and vice versa. Herein lies the difference between the two. Atapa is heat caused by the sun, and Udyota is the light resulting from the moon, fire-fly, jewels, etc. All these things are mere modifications of Pudgala.
गइ-परिणयारण धम्मो पुग्गलजीवारण गमरणसहयारी ।
तोयं जह मच्छारणं अच्छंता णेव सो गई ॥१७॥ Gayi-parinayana dhammo pugalajivana gamanasahayari. Toyam jaha machchhanam achchhanta neva so nei. (17)
Pada patha-6 Jaha, as. 75-7FAIT Gai-parinayana, engaged in moving. Teu Machchhanam, fish, 709€IT Gamana-sahayari, assisting the movement. atzi Toyam, water. Theritany Puggala-jivana, of the Pudgala and Jivas. ya Dhammo, Dharma. So, that. a Achchhanta, those not moving. Neva, does not. & Nei, moves.
17. As water assists the movement of moving fish, so Dharma (assists the movement of moving ) Pudgala and Jiva. (But ) it does not move ( Pudgala and Jiva which are ) not moving.
COMMENTARY
In this verse, we have a description of a peculiar substance known as Dharma in Jain philosphy. It should be remembered that the meaning of the word Dharma, as used by the Jains, has not the slightest resemblance to that of the same word in Hindu philosophy.
The Jain philosophers mean by Dharma a kind of ether which is the fulcrum of motion. With the help of Dharma, Pudgala and