Shraman Bhagvana Mahavira Part 3

Author(s): Ratnaprabhvijay, D P Thaker
Publisher: Parimal Publication

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Vada ] Canadharavāda
307 in the next life, wili turn to be inconsistent. For, according to you, a man should become a man only in the next life. Secondly, sentences like " agnihotram juhuyāl svõrgakāmaḥ " and "agnistoména yamarājamabhujayati” which lay down the conditions for the attainment of swarga, will also become inconsistent, because a man does never become deity according to your theory of sadristā.
The real interpretation of puruso vai puruşatvamaşnuté pas'avaḥ pas'utvam" etc. is this :-A person who is pious, cultured, and self-less, attains the genesis of man when he dies away after having attached his actions to the human name and lineage. But that does not mean that all puruşas attain puruşatva as a rule, By virtue of different types of actions, people are liable to be born in an absolutely different genesis also. The same is the case with animals. On account of certain faults like illusion etc. certain animals remain as animals when they pass away in the next life, having attached their actions to the name and lineage of animals. But all paśus do not attain pasutva as a rule because their movement from one bhava to another depends upon their actions.
Thus,
छिन्नम्मि संसयम्मि जिणेण जरा-मरणविप्पमुकेणं ।
सो समणो पव्वइओ पंचहिं सह खंडियसएहिं ।। २५३ ॥ (१८०१) Chinnammi samsayammi Jimena jarā-marapavippyamukkepam So samaño pavvalo pancahim saha khandiyasathim 1125311 (1801)
Trans.--253 When the doubt was removed by the Tirthankara who was entirely free from old age and death, that saint (Sudharman) accepted dìksā along with his five hundred pupils. ( 1801 )
End of the Discussion with the Fifth Ganadhara.