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पुरुषार्थसिद्धयुपाय अन्वयार्थ - (लोकत्रयैकनेत्रं ) तीन लोक के समस्त पदार्थों को दिखाने के लिये एक-अद्वितीय नेत्रस्वरूप (परमागमं) उत्कृष्ट आगम-जैन सिद्धांत को (प्रयत्नेन) परिश्रमपूर्वक - भले प्रकार (निरूप्य) मनन करके (अस्माभिः) हमारे द्वारा (अयं) यह (पुरुषार्थसिद्ध्युपायः) पुरुषार्थसिद्ध्युपाय नाम का ग्रन्थ (विदुषां) विद्वान् पुरुषों के लिये ( उपोद्धियते) कहा जाता है।
3. After carefully acquiring the essence of the Supreme Scripture that provides an unrivalled vision of the three worlds, I expound this treatise, Puruşārthasiddhyupāya, for the benefit of the scholars.
The Three Worlds The Lower World: It comprises seven earths (having abodes of infernal beings), one below the other. The Middle (Transverse) World: It comprises innumerable concentric islands-continents, extending one beyond the other in transverse position up to the ocean of Svayambhuramaņa. The human beings reside in the two and a half continents commencing from Jambudvīpa up to the Manuşottara mountain chain which runs in the middle of Puşkaradvīpa, and in the two oceans. The Upper World: Mount Meru of Jambudvīpa is embedded in the earth to a depth of 1000 yojanas and is 99,000 yojanas high. Below it is the Lower World. That which extends transversely within this range (namely the height of Mount Meru) is the Middle World. Above it is the Upper World. There are sixteen heavens or kalpas, on eight storeys, which are the habitations of devas from Saudharma to Achyuta. Above these are the higher celestial regions – vimānas of Graiveyakas, Anudiśas, and Anuttaras. Above these is the holy Siddha Silā, which is the abode of the Pure Souls dissociated from corporeal
