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Niyamasāra
नियमसार
Acārrya Kundakunda's Pravacanasāra::
अत्थो खलु दव्वमओ दव्वाणि गुणप्पगाणि भणिदाणि । तेहिं पुणो पज्जाया पज्जयमूढा हि परसमया ॥२-१॥
निश्चय से ज्ञेय-पदार्थ द्रव्यमय - सामान्य स्वरूप वस्तुमय - है तथा समस्त द्रव्य अनन्त-गुण स्वरूप कहे हैं। और उन द्रव्य-गुणों के परिणमन करने से पर्याय हैं, अर्थात् द्रव्य-पर्याय और गुण-पर्याय ये दो भेद सहित पर्याय हैं, और अशुद्ध पर्यायों में मूढ़ अर्थात् आत्मबुद्धि से पर्याय को ही द्रव्य मानने वाले अज्ञानी निश्चयकर मिथ्यादृष्टि हैं।
Certainly, all objects-of-knowledge (jneya) are substances (dravya) having existence as their general nature. All substances (dravya) have qualities (guņa) and due to transformation in substance and qualities, modes (paryāya) exist; thus, modes (paryāya) are of two kinds: mode-of-substance (dravyaparyāya) and mode-of-qualities (guņaparyāya). Those who mistake the mode (paryāya) for the substance (dravya) are wrong-believers (mithyādrsti).
Since every substance (dravya) has infinite number of qualities (guna) and modes (paryāya), only the Word of the Omniscient Lord Jina is able to expound these. Those who rely on the absolutistic way of looking at things-ekāntavāda - cannot expound such complexities.
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