Dravya Sangraha

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

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The Sacred Book
of the Jains
For this reason, these are known as Ghatiya Karmas (destroying Karmas). (1) An Arhat is freed from these four kinds of Karmas, and consequently he possesses the following four excellent qualities, each of which appears at the disappearance of each of the four Ghatiya Karmas viz.. perfect knowledge (arising from the destruction of Jnanavaraniya Karma), perfect vision (arising from the destruction of Darsanavaraniya Karma), infinite happiness (arising from the destruction of Mohaniya Karma] and' infinite power (arising from the destruction of Antaraya Karma). An Arhat is, therefore, bereft of of Jnanavaraniya, Darsanavaraniya, Mohaniya and Antaraya Karmas and possessed of infiniteVision, knowledge, happiness and power. An Arhat is also Suddha (pure] as he is void of eighteen kinds of faults viz. hunger, thirst, fear, aversion, attachment, illusion, anxiety, old age, sickness, death, fatigue, perspiration, pride, displeasure, astonishment, birth, sleep and sorrow. From the realistic point of view, an Arhat is without a body, but from the ordinary point of view, we speak of an Arhat to posses a body known as Audarika which is brilliant as thousand suns.
An Arhat has one thousand and eight synonyms e.g. Vitaraga, Sarvajna, etc. According to Jainism, when an Arhat is conceived, is born, is first engaged in penances, is in a state of attaining perfect knowledge and is in the last stage of obtaining Nirvana, the gods, Indra, etc., are said to worship him. These worshippings are technically known as Pancha-mahakalyana.
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पुरिसायारो अप्पा सिद्धो भाएह लोयसिहरत्थो ॥ ५१ ॥
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Natthatthakammadeho loyaloyassa janao dattha, Purisayaro appa siddho jhaeha loyasiharattho.-(51)
Padapatha-Natthatthakammadeho, void of bodies produced by eight kinds of Karmas. Loyaloyassa, of Loka and Aloka. जाओ Janao, knower. दट्ठा Dattha, seer पुरिसायारो Purisayaro, having the shape of a Purusha. Loyasiharattho, staying at the summit of the universe. Appa, soul. fia Siddho, Siddho. Jhaeha, meditate.
51. Meditate on the Siddha-the soul which is bereft of the bodies produced by eight kinds of Karmas, which is the seer and knower of Loka and Aloka, which has a shape like a human being and which stays at the summit of the universe.