Book Title: Tattvartha Sutram
Author(s): Adishwarprasad Jain
Publisher: Adishwar Jain

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________________ थल also Tenth Chapter SUTRA 5 तदनन्तरमूद्र्श्व गच्छत्यालोकान्तात् ॥ ५ ॥ Tadanantaamurddhvam gachchhantyalokantat After that (liberation from all karmas (the liberated souls go upward. (right vertically) to the end of a Loka, (or the Universe) pavinamachcha 169 SUTRA 6 and 7 पूर्वंप्रयोगादस गत्वाद्बन्धच्छेदात्तथागतिपरिणामाञ्च ॥ ६ ॥ आविद्धकुलालचक्र वदुव्यपगतनेपालाबु वदेरण्डवीजवदग्निशिखावच्च ॥ ७ ॥ (6th) Purvaprayogadasangatva-dbandhachhedattathagati (7th )Aviddhakulalachakravadvyapagatalepalambuvadekan. davijavadagnısıkhavachcha (This upward motion is due to 4 considerations) (1) gama, Purvaprayogata, (momentum or instinct produced in the soul,) by its previous activity, (directed to the attainment of Liberation) like a potter's wheel (which once set in motion goes on) circling (even when the potter's hand and wand are both taken away) (2) Asangatvat, The non-association or non existence of the company (which kept it down, te the absence of karmas,) like (an empty) gourd (which) coated with clay (sinks down in water, but the clay) being washed off, (it bobs up to the surface again) (3), Bandhachchedat, (On account of) the bondage being broken, like the castor-bean (which flies up at once, when the fruit which kept it in confinement is broken open) (4) makuma, Tathagatıparinamat, (Due to its being the soul's) nature to go upwards, like the flames of fire SUTRA 8 धर्मास्तिकायाभावात् ॥ ८ ॥ Dharmastıkayabhavat. (But it does not rise higher than the extreme limit to a Loka or the Universe), because (beyond it there is) the non-existence of Dharmastikaya or the medium of motion

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