Samayasara

Author(s): Kundkundacharya, Jethalal S Zaveri
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati

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Chapter - 2
Samayasara
rāyā) in reality there is only one king and he is different from his retinue.
(Emeva ya) similarly, (ajjhavasāṇi aṇṇa bhāveṇam sutte jīvo tti) the statement in the scriptures that emotional & mental states are psychological [i.e., determined by the soul] (vavahāro kado) is made from the empirical aspect only, (tattha nicchido jīvo ekko) but transcendentally the soul is different from them.
Annotations:
By the above verses, Ācārya Kundakunda hastens to explain the statements regarding soul (jiva) made in the preceding verses with the help of a simple analogy. It will be recalled that the preceding verses have categorically rejected as false, various conceptions and beliefs which depicted psychologically changes and modifications as soul. The conceptions were made to be absolute and not qualified. Now the author concedes that psychological changes and the like can be compared to the retinue of the king and conventionally the appearance of the retinue heralds the arrival of and presence of the king. However, just as in reality the king himself is a singularity (his royal highness has royal blue blood flowing through his veins) among the multiplicity of retinue, the soul is a singularity and the psychological states in the orgainsm constitute the retinue, and therefore, transcendentally cannot be accepted as the king. However, it is perfectly legitimate to qualify the retinue "as the king" as a popular convention. Thus the popular or conventional view to regard the royal retinue as the king is neither wholly true nor wholly false. A popular view is to be understood as a conventional view only and not as the ultimate truth.
Ultimate (Transcendental) Nature of the Soul. अरसमरूवमगंधं अव्वत्तं चेदणागुणमसद्दं ।
जाण अलिंगग्गहणं जीवमणिद्दिवसंठाणं ॥ ११ ॥ arasamarūvamagamdham avvattam cedaṇāguṇamasaddam jāņa alimgaggahaṇam jīvamaṇiddiṭṭhasamṭhānam.. 11
Giae vifte avoit ur fa vist ur fa ut ur fa a reti ण विरूवं ण सरीरं ण वि संठाणं ण संहणणं ॥ १२ ॥
jīvassa natthi vanno na vi gamdho na vi raso na vi ya phāso.
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