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जीवो भवं भविस्सदि णरोऽमरो वा परो भवीय पुणो । किं दव्वत्तं पजहदि ण जहं अण्णो कहं होदि ॥2-201
जीवो भवन् भविष्यति नरोऽमरो वा परो भूत्वा पुनः । किं द्रव्यत्वं प्रजहाति न जहदन्यः कथं भवति ॥2-201
प्रवचनसार
सामान्यार्थ - [ जीवः ] आत्मा [ भवन् ] द्रव्य-स्वभावरूप परिणमन करता हुआ [ नरः ] मनुष्य, [ अमर: ] देव [ वा ] अथवा [ परः ] अन्य अर्थात् नारकी, तिर्यंच या सिद्ध, इन सब पर्याय - रूप [ भविष्यति ] होवेगा । [ पुनः ] और [ भूत्वा ] पर्याय-स्वरूप होकर [ किं ] क्या [ द्रव्यत्वं ] अपनी द्रव्यत्व - शक्ति को [ प्रजहाति ] छोड़ सकता है? कभी नहीं। और जब [ न जहत्] अपने द्रव्यत्व-स्वभाव को नहीं छोड़ सकता तो [ अन्यः कथं भवति ] अन्य स्वरूप कैसे हो सकता है? कदापि नहीं हो सकता।
The soul, during the course of transmigration, adopts modes (paryāya) as the human being, the celestial being, and others – the infernal being, the plants and animals, and the Siddha. While adopting such modes (paryāya), does it leave its power substantiveness (dravyatva)? If it does not leave its substantiveness (dravyatva), how can it adopt the nature of any other substance?
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Explanatory Note: During transmigration, the soul adopts, infinite times, the modes (paryāya) as the human being, the celestial being, the infernal being, and the plants and animals. It also attains liberation. Although, these modes give the soul different forms, still it does not leave its own nature of substantiveness (dravyatva ). Since the soul, while adopting different modes, does not leave its power of substantiveness (dravyatva), it can never become of the nature of any other
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