Niyamsara

Author(s): Kundkundacharya, Uggar Sain
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown

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NIYAMSARA.
णरणारयतिरियसुरा पज्जाया ते विभावमिदि भणिदा। कम्मोपाधिविवजियपज्जाया ते सहावमिदि भणिदा॥१५॥
नरनारकतिर्थक्सुराः पर्यायास्ते विभावा इति भणिताः । कर्मोपाधिविवर्जितपर्यायास्ते स्वभावा इति भणिताः॥१५॥
15. Human, Hellish, Sub-human and Celestial conditions are said to be Non-natural conditions. Conditions free from miseries arising from the effect of Karmas are termed Natural. माणुस्सा दुवियप्पा कम्ममहीभोगभूमिसंजादा। सत्तविहा णेरइया णादव्वा पुढविभेएण ॥१६॥ चउदहभेदा भणिदा तेरिच्छा सुरगणा चउभेदा। एदेसिं वित्थारं लोयविभागेसु णादव्वम् ॥ १७॥ जुम्मं । मानुषा द्विविकल्पाः मर्महाभोगभूमिसञ्जाताः । सप्तविधा नारका ज्ञातव्याः पृथ्वीभेदेन ॥ १६ ॥ चतुर्दशभेदा भणितास्तियश्चः सुरगणाश्चतुर्भेदाः। एतेषां विस्तारो लोकविभागेषु ज्ञातव्यः ॥ १७ ॥ युग्मं ।
18-17. Human souls are of two kinds; born in Work. region or in Enjoyment region. Hellish souls should be known to be of seven kinds, because of the regions.
___Sub-human souls are said to be of fourteen kinds. Celestial souls (are) of four kinds. Their detailed account should be known from (the scripture) Loka-Vibhága.
Commentary. In the latter half of the 14th and the three gathas following it, have been described the various modifications of the substance, soul. Of these modifications, the natural one is the modification in the pure and liberated condition of the soul. Non-natural modifications are impure conditions which arise through the activity of the Karmic matter.
With reference to the conditions of existence, the Non-natural modifications are divided into four kinds:
Human, Hellish, Sub-human and Celestial.