Book Title: Tattvartha Sutra
Author(s): Vijay K Jain
Publisher: Vikalp Printers

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________________ अध्याय-१० If liberation is affirmed as disappearance of all dispositions, then the liberated soul should be bereft of all characteristics of the destructional (kṣāyika) type also. It would be so, if no speciality be mentioned about liberation. But there is speciality. Hence the exception is stated in the next sūtra. अन्यत्र केवलसम्यक्त्वज्ञानदर्शनसिद्धत्वेभ्यः ॥४॥ [ केवलसम्यक्त्वज्ञानदर्शनसिद्धत्वेभ्यः अन्यत्र ] केवलसम्यक्त्व, केवलज्ञान, केवलदर्शन और सिद्धत्व, इन भावों के अतिरिक्त अन्य भावों के अभाव से मोक्ष होता है। However, there is no destruction of infinite-faith - kevalasamyaktva, infinite-knowledge – kevalajñāna, infinite-perception - kevaladarśana, and infiniteperfection - siddhatva. What is indicated by anyatra'-'other than'? It means that the rule of destruction or absence applies to all psychical factors other than those mentioned: infinite-faith - kevalasamyaktua, infinite-knowledge - kevalajñāna, infinite-perception - kevaladarśana, and infiniteperfection - siddhatva. If these four characteristics alone remain with the liberated soul, it would lead to the denial of infinite-energy (anantavīrya), etc. But it is not so. Being the concomitant characteristic - avinābhāvī – of knowledge and perception, infinite-energy (anantavīrya), etc., must also be found in liberated souls. For without infinite-energy (anantavīrya), there can be no infinite-knowledge (anantajñāna), and bliss (sukha) is of the nature of knowledge. It is contended that there are no emancipated souls, as they have no forms. But it is not so. They have the forms of their last bodies. If the soul is of the extent of the body, then in the absence of the body, the soul should ........................ 411

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