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The Sacred Book of the Jains
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and innumerable atoms of matter, or even Skandhas in a subtle state may exist. The characteristic of Akasha is to give space to all these.
पासवबंघरणसंवरणिज्जरमोक्खा सपुण्णपावा जे । जीवाजीवविसेसा ते वि समासेरण पभरणामो॥२८।।
Asavabandhanasamvaranijjaramokkha sapunnapava je. Jivajivavisesa te vi samasena pabhnamo.-(28)
Padapatha- Je, those. Eartya Sapunnapava, with punya and Papa. natten HTET Asava-bandhana-samvara-nijjara-mokkha, Astava, Bandha, Samvara, Nirjara and Moksha sitastafahu Jivajivavisesa, varieties of Jiva and Ajiva. Te vi, those also. U Samasena, briefly. TUTH Pabhanamu, say.
28. We shall describe briefly those varieties of Jiva and Ajiva also which are known as) Asrava, Bandha, Samvara. Nirjara and Moksha with Punya and Papa,
COMMENTARY
The author now takes up the subject of Asrava, Bandha Samvara, Nirjara Moksha Punya and Papa. These seven are commonly known as the seven Tatvas of Jainism. Adding Jiva and Ajiva to these we get the nine Tatvas of Jainisn. Each of these seven will be taken up and discussed one by one in Verses 29-38.
पासवदि जेण कम्मं परिणामेणप्पणो स विणणेप्रो।
भावासगो जिणुत्तो कम्मासवरणं परो होदि ॥२६॥ Asavadi jena kammam parinamenappano sa vinneo, Bhavasavo jinutto kammasavanam paro hodi.—(29)
Padapatha-st Appano, of the soul. Jena, that. Tau Parinamena, modification. **** Kammam, Karma, mafa Asavadi, gets in. 8 Sa, that. fryal Jinutto, called by the Jina. 9 Bhavasavo, Bhavasrava. faut Vinneo, to be known. IATTI Kammasavānam, influx of Karmas. 91 Paro, the next. Elfa Hodi, is.
29. That modification of the soul by which Karma gets into (it) is to be known as Bhavasrava, as told by the Jina, and the other (kind of Asrava) is the influx of Karma.
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