Mahavira Jain Vidyalay Suvarna Mahotsav Granth Part 1

Author(s): Mahavir Jain Vidyalaya Mumbai
Publisher: Mahavir Jain Vidyalay

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will, therefore, not hesitate to translate tādi, tāyi and tāī: 'a saint like that' or 'such a saint'.
The quoted Dhp. verse (VII.6) has its counterpart in the Sanskrit Udanavarga XVII.12 (Bernhard, p. 237), which also contains a parallel wording printed by me in spaced words:
prthivi-şadrśo na lipyate
tāyi kilavad aprakampayaḥ hrada iva hi vinīta-kardamo
niskalușă hi bhavanti panditäh || Translation : "A Saint like that is not stained like the earth, he is like a [fixed] bolt not trembling, he is namely like a lake the mud of which has been removed, the respected wise men namely are free from impure things."
Further references about tāyin the reader will find in Uv. IV.7, XIX.2 already referred to, XXXII.1
Now let us turn to other passages in the Jaina Canon. Another reference to tāi can be found in Utt. XI. 31 :
samudda-gambhīra-samă dur-asaya
acakkiya kenai duppahamsiya | suyassa punnā viulassa täiņo
khavittu kammañ gaim uttamam gayā ||36 Translation : "[The bahuśruta], who are like the deep ocean, are difficult to be approached; they are fearless, they can hardly be hurt by anyone; full of rich knowledge are such holy men; after they have destroyed the karman they have reached the highest way (of final emancipation)."
This beautifully composed verse sums up the bahu-ssuya-egārasam ajjhayanam together with the concluding verse 32 of this chapter. The meaning of tāiņo rendered by 'such holy men' seems to fit better in the context, than the translation: ‘and take care of themselves'37.
Atmārāmji38 comments upon täiņo : sat-kaya kā raksaka - palaka,
36 Cf. Atmārāmji's text Utt. Vol. I, p. 465, and Charpentier p. 108.
Metre is Vamsasthavali, the measured movement of which is correctly maintained throughout the four päda. Cf. V. Sh. Apte, Sanskrit Prosody, Metres with 12 Syllables in a quarter, (13) in both
issues Poona 1890 and Poona 1959, Vol. III, Appendix A. 37 Vide Jacobi o. c., p. 49. 38 Utt. Vol. I, p. 465. The chaj-jiva-niyā (niyāyä, nikaya) are referred
to in the Dasaveyāliyasutta IV (Suttāgame p. 947) : pudhavi-kāiya,