Dravyasamgraha

Author(s): Nemichandra Acharya, Vijay K Jain
Publisher: Vikalp

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Dravyasamgraha
Besides upayoga there is the quality of consciousness or thought or cetanā. Cetanā and Upayoga constitute the main qualities of Jiva. But according to Jaina thought, Jīva may be pure and perfect or impure and imperfect - Suddha Jīva and Karma Jīva. Karma Jiva is not a distinct kind. It is the same Suddha Jīva soiled by the Karma.
Cetanā or thought when associated with Suddha Jīva would mean perfect thought to which there can be nothing opaque. Upayoga will also be Suddha Darsana and Suddha Jñāna – perfect perception and perfect knowledge. The whole of reality forms an object of perception to Suddha Darśana and at the same time the whole of reality is known to Suddha Jñāna. Suddha Cetanā and Suddha Upayoga, consciousness, perception and understanding of perfect and pure, constitute the Svabhāva Guņa - the intrinsic qualities of Jīva. These Svabhāva Guņas are potentially present in all Jīvas and explicitly manifest in Siddha Jīva or the Realised Self.
Chakravarti Nayanar, A., Acārya Kundakunda's Pañcāstikāya-Sāra, p. 12.
Verses 27 and 28 of Ācārya Kundkund's Pañcāstikāya-Sāra, together, are similar to the verse, under discussion, of Dravyasamgraha:
जीवोत्ति हवदि चेदा उपओगविसेसिदो पहू कत्ता । भोत्ता य देहमत्तो ण हि मुत्तो कम्मसंजुत्तो ॥
(27)
The soul has consciousness, is characterized by upayoga (knowledge and perception), is potent, causal agent (performs actions), enjoyer (of the fruits of karmas), conditioned by the body, incorporeal, and ordinarily attached to karmas.
The characteristic of the jīva that it darts upwards is