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अध्याय-१०
CHAPTER - 10
LIBERATION
It is time now to describe the last of the objects of reality (tattva), i.e., liberation - mokşa. But as liberation is attained only on attainment of omniscience (kevalajñāna), the causes of omniscience are mentioned first.
मोहक्षयाज्ज्ञानदर्शनावरणान्तरायक्षयाच्च केवलम् ॥१॥
[मोहक्षयात् ] मोह का क्षय होने से (अन्तर्मुहूर्त पर्यन्त क्षीणकषाय नामक गुणस्थान प्राप्त करने के बाद) [ ज्ञानदर्शनावरणान्तरायक्षयात् च] और ज्ञानावरण, दर्शनावरण तथा अन्तराय इन तीन कर्मों का एक साथ क्षय होने से [ केवलम् ] केवलज्ञान उत्पन्न होता है।
Omniscience or perfect knowledge – kevalajñāna - is attained on destruction of delusion (moha), and on destruction of knowledge-covering (jnānāvarana), perception-covering (darśanāvaraņa) and obstructive (antarāya) karmas.
A contention is raised. The sūtra should have used a single compound. Why? It would make it brief. How? There should be no need for the repetition of the word 'ksaya' _ 'on destruction of". It is true. But successive stages of destruction are indicated by splitting the sūtra. That is, first delusion (moha) is destroyed, and the soul attains, for up to one muhūrta, the twelfth stage called kşīņakaṣāya. Immediately after that knowledge- and perception-covering karmas and obstructive karmas are simultaneously destroyed, and it attains
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