Dravyasamgraha

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

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Dravyasamgraha
मग्गणगुणठाणेहि य चउदसहि हवंति तह असुद्धणया । विण्णेया संसारी सव्वे सुद्धा हु सुद्धणया ॥ ___ (13)
गाथा भावार्थ - व्यवहारनय से संसारी जीव चौदह मार्गणास्थानों से तथा चौदह गुणस्थानों से चौदह-चौदह प्रकार के होते हैं, और शुद्ध निश्चयनय की दृष्टि से तो सब संसारी जीव शुद्ध ही हैं, उनमें कोई भेद नहीं है।
13. The transmigrating souls (samsārī jīvas), from the empirical point of view (vyavahāra naya), are of fourteen kinds based on the method of inquiry into their nature (mārgaņāsthāna), also of fourteen kinds based on their stage of spiritual development (guņasthāna). From the transcendental point of view (niscaya naya), however, all souls are intrinsically pure.
EXPLANATORY NOTES
Fourteen material principles of souls (mārgaņāsthāna) Inquiring into the nature of souls, based on fourteen material principles are called mārgaņāsthāna: 1. State of existence (gati-mārganā): The four states of
existence are celestial beings (deva), infernal beings (nāraka), human beings (manusya), and plants and
animals (tiryag). 2. Senses (indriya-mārgaņā): The five senses are touch
(sparśana), taste (rasana), smell (ghrāņa), sight (cakşu),
and hearing (śrotra). 3. Body (kāya-mārganā): Five kinds of immobile beings
(sthāvara), and mobile beings (trasa).
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