Mahavira Jain Vidyalay Suvarna Mahotsav Granth Part 1

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

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*A SAINT LIKE THAT' AND 'A SAVIOUR' : 57
and translates the corresponding passage : vistȚta śruta jñana se paripūrņa aur şat-kaya ka rakṣaka hotā hua bahu-śruta karmo kā kşaya karke uttama-gati - mokşa ko prapta ho jata hai
He understands tai here still in a wider sense of a guardian over the six kāya '38. I do not know which textual evidence has led him to this interpretation, which is repeated in his comment upon Utt. XXI.22 and Utt. XXIII.10.
There are the two other occurrences : tăī in Utt. XXI. 22 and tâiņam in Utt. XXIII.10. As these two verses do not bring anything fundamentally new, they are not dealt with here.
There are a few other interesting references to tãi in the Addaiji' ajjhayane, the sixth chapter in the second book of the Suyagada (Sūy.) 39, which is the second Anga in the Jaina Svetāmbara Canon, following Āyāre. We read in Suy. II.6,20 as follows:
navam na kujjā vihune puräņam
ciccāmaiṁ tăi ya säha evam! eyāvayā bambhavai tti vutta
tass' oday'-atthi samane tti bemi || 40 Årdraka answers Gosāla :
“ (Mahāvīra) will not accomplish41 a new (karman), he is shaking off the old one; having abandoned the wrong view, a saint like him (tāi) promulgates the following: of such a kind is the way of holy life (leading to mokşa), as it was said; he, who is desirous of the benefit 42 of it, is a śramana, so I say."
adak, Jethmal Bh Sri Nathmalji's About the
au-käiya, teu-kāiya, vāu-kāiyā, vanassai-kāiyā, tasa-käiyā. About the six kāya the reader should consult Sri Nathmalji Svāmi's book Jiva-Ajīva, sampadak: Jethmal Bhansāli, prakāśak : Śrī Jaina Svetām bara Terapanthi sabhā, Sri Ümgaragash, pp. 14-23. This book, written in Hindi, is to be regarded as one of the best Introductions into the sacred Jaina terminolgy. Sri Nathmalji is a
disciple of His Holiness Ācārya Tulsi. 39 In the Ardriya-chapter the discussions of prince Ardraka with
Gosala and others are related. I am quoting from Suttagame I,
p. 172. 40 The metre is Upendravajrā in pada a, and Indravajrā in pāda b,
c, d. 41 The optatives of kujjå and vihune are chosen for the sake of express
ing himself respectfully. 42 As in the following verses metri causa odae is written instead of
udae, I am treating pada d accordingly.