________________ Pancastikaya-samgraha धर्मास्तिकाय के गतिहेतुत्व का दृष्टान्त - Illustration of assistance in movement provided by the medium-of-motion (dharmastikaya) - उदयं जह मच्छाणं गमणाणुग्गहकरं हवदि लोए / तह जीवपुग्गलाणं धम्मं दव्वं वियाणीहि // 85 // उदकं यथा मत्स्यानां गमनानुग्रहकरं भवति लोके / तथा जीवपुद्गलानां धर्मं द्रव्यं विजानीहि // 85 // अन्वयार्थ - [यथा] जिस प्रकार [ लोके] जगत में [उदकं] पानी [मत्स्यानां] मछलियों को [गमनानुग्रहकरं भवति] गमन में अनुग्रह करता है, [तथा] उसी प्रकार [धर्मं द्रव्यं] धर्म-द्रव्य [ जीवपुद्गलानां] जीव तथा पुद्गलों को गमन में अनुग्रह करता है (सहायक होता है), ऐसा [विजानीहि ] जानो। Know that in this world, just as the water facilitates movement of the fish, similarly the medium-of-motion (dharma) facilitates movement of the souls (jiva) and the matter (pudgala), tending to move. EXPLANATORY NOTE As the fish moves in the water, the water itself does not move, nor does it prompt the fish to move. But it facilitates, unconcernedly, the movement of the fish. It is the instrumental cause (nimitta karana) for the movement of the fish. Similarly, the medium-of-motion (dharma) renders assistance, in form of facilitating motion, to the souls (jiva) and the matter (pudgala) tending to move. Itself, the medium-ofmotion (dharma) neither moves nor does it prompt these substances (dravya) to move. 168
