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PURE CONCENTRATION
These are the four kinds of pure concentration. On the basis of their definitions given later on, these must be understood to be significant terms. The support or base is determined next.
ज्येकयोगकाययोगायोगानाम् Tryekayogakāyayogāyogānām
(40) 40. Of three activities, one activity, bodily activity and no activity.
The term yoga (activity) has been explained already (VI, 1). These must be taken respectively with the four types of pure concentration. The first type is possible for the ascetic with threefold activity, the second for one with one of the three kinds of activity, the third for one with bodily activity alone, and the last for one with no activity.
The details regarding the first two are described next.
एकाश्रये सवितर्कवीचारे पूर्वे Ekāśraye savitarkavicāre pūrve
(41) 41. The first two types are based on one substratum and are associated with scriptural knowledge and shifting.
Those two which have one support are called ekāśraye. These two arise in the saint who has attained mastery of all the scriptures. These are associated with scriptural knowledge (vitarka) and shifting (vicāra). Hence these are called 'savitarkavicare'. The first two are 'pộtha ktvavitarka' and 'ekatvavitarka'.
In order to ward off the error of taking these respectively, the exception is mentioned next. अवीचारं द्वितीयम्
Il 82 11 Avicaram dviti yam
(42) 42. The second type is free from shifting.
The second of the first two must be understood to be free from shifting or oscillation. This is the purport. The first is associated with scripture and shifting. The second is associated with scripture, but not with shifting.
What is the distinction between vitarka and vicāra ?
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