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Niyamasāra
नियमसार
आलुंछन का स्वरूपMeaning of eradication of faults (āluńchana) – कम्ममहीरुहमूलच्छेदसमत्थो सकीयपरिणामो । साहीणो समभावो आलुंछणमिदि समुद्दिढ़ ॥११०॥
कर्मरूपी वृक्ष का मूल छेदने में समर्थ ऐसा जो स्वाधीन, समभावरूप निज का परिणाम है, वह आलुंछन कहा गया है।
The soul established in its inherent nature or capacity (pariņāma), that is self-dependent (svādhīna) equanimity (samabhāva), is called äluńchana - eradication of faults; it has the power to uproot the tree of karmas.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The distinctive characteristics (svatattva) of the soul (jīva) are the dispositions - bhāva - arising from the subsidence - upasama, the destruction - kşaya, the destruction-cum-subsidence- kşayopasama - of karmas, the fruition-udaya - of karmas, and its inherent nature or capacity-pariņāma. (Tattvārthasūtra, 2-1; see p. 93, ante). The essential nature (svarūpa) of the soul, irrespective of the karmic matter, is its inherent nature or capacity - parināma. That disposition (bhāva), which has subsidence as its object or cause, is subsidential (aupaśamika). Similarly with regard to destructional (kṣāyika), destruction-cum-subsidential (kṣāyopaśamika), rising (audayika) and inherent nature (pāriņāmika). These five dispositions (bhāva) are the distinctive (asādhāraṇa) characteristics - svatattva – of the soul. The subsidential (aupaśamika) and the destructional (kṣāyika) dispositions (bhāva) arise only in case of the potential (bhavya) souls; the potential (bhavya) souls are those having the inherent capacity for
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