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Sūtras 10 )
Inhibition, Falling off and Emancipation
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What does, O Lord, a jīva produce by means of samvega ?
By means of samvega, he produces transcendental faith in the dhamma (dhammasaddha),
The samvega attains its fulfilment in the transcendental faith in the dhamma. The power of the infinite anger, pride, deceit and greed is reduced on account of samvega, and the basic perversity vanishes to give rise to the right faith.
Umāsvāti in his Bhāşya on Tattvārthasūtra, VII. 7, has explained samvega as samsārabhirutva (fear of worldly life). In his Śrāvakaprajñapti, 56, also, he says that samvega is appreciation of all types of worldly joy as nothing but suffering, that gives rise to the desire for nothing else than emancipation.
Siddhasena Ganin (TSū BhȚ, part I, p. 34) has explained samvega as sambhīti, that is, fear as the result of understanding the miseries of hellish life as explained in in the Jaina Scripture.
Pūjyapāda in his Sarvārthasiddhi (VI, 24) and Akalanka, in his Vārtika on Tattvārthasūtra (VII. 12), have also given the same meaning of samvega.
The connotation of samvega appears to have changed since the time Haribhadra who, in his commentary on Śrāvakaprajñapti, gătha 53, explains samvega as mokşabhilāsaḥ (desire for emancipation). At another place in the same treatise, gātha 3, he gives kindheartedness (ārdrāntahkaranatā) as the connotation of samvega. The Dhavala (VIII. 3) explains samvega as joy (harisa, Skt. harsa) on the attainment of right faith, knowledge and conduct. १०. शंका-कांक्षा-विचिकित्सा-परपाषण्डप्रशंसा-संस्तवास्तवतिचारः।
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परपाषण्ड-संस्तवः--लक्ष्यप्रतिगामिनां परिचयः । * 10. samkā kāṁksā-vicikitsa-parapāşandapraśaṁsā-saṁstavās tadatica
raḥ. saņkā-lakśyam prati sandehah. kāṁkşā-lakşyaviparyayābhilāsah. vicikitsāsādhaneșu samśayaśīlatā. parapāşanda praśaṁsā-lakşyapratigāminām prasaṁsā. parapāşanda-samstavaḥ-lakśyapratigāminām paricayah.
(Aph.) Scepsis, perverse proclivity, doubt, admiration for heretics, and cultivation of familiarity with them are infringements of that (right faith). (X)
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