Dravya Sangraha

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

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Dravya - Sangraha जह हवदि धम्मदव्वं तह तं जाणेह दव्वमधमक्खं । ठिदिकिरियाजुत्ताणं कारणभूदं तु पुढवीव ॥
[पञ्चास्तिकायसमयसारः । ८६ । ] Adharma, like Dharma, is eternal, without form and without activity. It does not stop the motion of Jiva or Pudgala, but it assists them in staying still, while they are in a state of rest. Vide
__ “स ह्यकर्ताप्यधर्मस्याजीवपुद्गलयोः स्थितेः । नित्योऽम्तः क्रियाहीन: छायेव पथिकाङ्गिनाम्।।"
[ Vardhamane Purano, XVI-30 ] The following examples are invariably found in ail Jain works, as illustrating Adharma. First, Adharma is likened to earth which does not stop creatures from moving but becomes a support of them when they are at rest. Secondly, Adharma is said to be like shadow which does not forcibly stop the travellers scorched by the rays of the sun from moving, but assists in their rest while they of their own accord come to sit in the shade.
Both these examples are given in the Verse 84, Canto XXI of Dharmasarmabhyudaya Kavya :
छायेव धर्मतप्तानामश्वादीनामिव क्षितिः ।
द्रव्यानाँ पुद्गलादीनामधर्मः स्थितिकारणम् ॥" i. e. "Adharma is the cause of rest of Dravyas, Pudgala, etc. as shadow is that of (persons) heated by the rays of the sun, or as the earth is that of (creatures like) horses, etc." In Tattvarthasara, Chapter III, Verses 35 and 36 we have :
"स्थित्या परिणतानां तु सचिवत्वं दधाति यः । तमधर्म जिनाः प्राहुनिरावरणदर्शनाः ॥ जीवानां पुद्गलानाञ्च कर्तव्ये स्थित्युपग्रहे ।
साधारणाश्रयोऽधर्म पृथिवीवगवां स्थितौ ॥" i e. "Jivas, whose faith is unclouded, call that to be Adharma which ministers to the staying of Jivas and Pudgalas when these are prone to rest. Adharma supports all (to rest), like the earth allowing rest to the cows." ___ In Chandraprabhacharita, Canto XVIII, Verse 71, we have :
द्रव्यानां पुद्गलादीनामधर्म : स्थितिकारणम् ।
लोकेऽभिव्यापकत्वादिर्घोड धर्मोऽपि धर्मवत् ॥" i. t. “Adharma is the cause of rest of Dravyas. Pudgala, etc. Adh