Reality English Translation of Sarvarthasiddhi

Author(s): S A Jain
Publisher: Jwalamalini Trust Chennai

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THE DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SOUL
more in number than those of the first type, namely subsidential. So it is mentioned next. The mixed disposition is mentioned next, as it consists of both. Besides, the right believers of this third type are innumerable times more in number than the other two classes. The dispositions due to the rise of karmas and the nature inherent in the soul are mentioned at the end, as these are infinite times more than all the others.
It is contended that the entire sutra should be in the form of a single compound. 'Aupaśamikakṣāyikamiśraudayikapārināmikāḥ.' If it were so there is no need to use ca twice. But it should not be considered thus. For misra would then mean another characteristic which is different from subsidence and destruction. In the present form of the sutra, by the use of ca both subsidence and destruction are drawn together. If so kṣayopasamika itself should be used. No. It would be long-windedness. The mixed state is mentioned in the middle as it has reference to both. The subsidential and the destructional dispositions arise only in the case of the potential souls, namely those with capacity for emancipation. But the third mixed state arises in the case of the non-potential souls also, namely those incapable of attaining salvation. And this with the last two arises in the potential souls also.
Now nature or disposition (svatattvam) must take the gender and number of the word bhāvas. But tattvam does not give up its own gender and number. One's own disposition is svatativam.
Now, have these dispositions or characteristics of a single soul subdivisions are not? Yes, these have subdivisions. If so let these subdivisions be mentioned.
द्विनवाष्टादशैकविंशतित्रिभेदा यथाक्रमम्
॥ २ ॥
Dvinavāṣṭādaśaikavimśatitribheda yathākramam
(2)
2. (These are of) two, nine, eighteen, twenty-one and three kinds respectively.
According to the ways of forming compounds in Sanskrit, the sutra can be taken in two ways. The dispositions (bhavas) arising from subsidence etc. are of two, nine, eighteen, twenty