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THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE JAINAS.
- संज्वलनसूक्ष्मचतुर्दशघातिनां चतुर्विधस्तु अजघन्यः ।
शेषत्रयः पुन: दुविधाः शेषाणां चतुर्विधापि द्विधा ।। १५३ ।।
153. The non-minimum (duration bondage) of the (four) perfect-conduct-preventing passions and the fourteen destructive (i. e., 5 knowledge obscuring, the first 4 conation-obscuring, and 5 obstructive sub-classes which are bound up to the 10th stage of) slightest (delusion is) of (all) the four kinds (begun, unbegun, lasting and transient), And the remaining three (i. e., maximum, non-maximum and minimum duration bondages of the same 18 Karmas are only) of two kinds (begun and transient). All the four kinds (of duration bondage, maximum, non-maximum, minimum and non-minimum) of the remaining (sub-classes i. e., other than these 18, are) of two kinds begun and transient).
सवायो दुठिदीओ सुहासुहाणंपि होति असुहाओ। माणुसतिरिक्खदेवाउगं च मोत्तूण सेसाणं ॥ १५४ ॥ सर्वास्तु स्थितयः शुभाशुभानामपि भवन्ति अशुभाः। मनुष्यतिर्यग्देवायुष्कं च मुक्त्वा शेषाणाम् ॥ १५४ ॥
154. And leaving aside the human, sub-human and celestial ages, (all kinds of) duration (bondage) of the remaining good and bad (Karmas) are bad.
Commentary. Duration of bondage is determined by intensity of passions. Passions prevent liberation ; therefore all duration bondage is bad. Celestial, human and sub-human ages are not bad, because they afford an opportunity of subduing and destroying passions. Subhuman beings can reach up to the 5th stage of partial vow. Hellish beings can attain at the most to the 4th stage of vowless rightbelief, but they cannot go out of hell to any place where piety can be practised. In this respect, they differ from celestial beings who are also in the 4th stage, but can move about and perform acts of piety such as worshipping Arhats, attending upon saints, and visit. ing Jain temples. Beings in hell always desire to get rid of their bodies, while those in other conditions of existence are more or less
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