________________ Pancastikaya-samgraha संसारी जीवों की चार गति - The four states-of-existence (gati) of the living-beings (jiva) - देवा चउण्णिकाया मणुया पुण कम्मभोगभूमीया / तिरिया बहुप्पयारा णेरइया पुढविभेयगदा // 118 // देवाश्चतुर्णिकायाः मनुजाः पुनः कर्मभोगभूमिजाः / तिर्यश्चः बहुप्रकाराः नारकाः पृथिवीभेदगताः // 118 // अन्वयार्थ - [ देवाः चतुर्णिकायाः ] देवों के चार निकाय हैं, [ मनुजाः कर्मभोगभूमिजाः] मनुष्य कर्मभूमिज और भोगभूमिज ऐसे दो प्रकार के हैं, [तिर्यश्चः बहुप्रकाराः] तिर्यञ्च अनेक प्रकार के हैं, [पुनः ] और [ नारकाः पृथिवीभेदगताः ] नारकों के भेद उनकी पृथिवीयों के भेद जितने हैं। The celestial-beings (deva) are of four classes (nikaya), the human-beings (manusya) are those born in the regions-of-labour (karmabhumija) and those born in the regions-of-enjoyment (bhogabhumija), the plants-andanimals (tiryanca) are of numerous kinds, and the infernal-beings (naraka) are classified according to their abode - the earth (prthivi) or the infernal-region. EXPLANATORY NOTE The celestial beings (deva) get this status on the rise of the namekarma (namakarma) - devagati - leading to the celestial state, with a period of life determined by the life-determining (ayuh) karma. There are four classes of celestial beings - the residential (bhavanavasi), the peripatetic (vyantara), the stellar (jyotisha) and the heavenly (vaimanika). . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. 224
