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Acārānga-Bhistam
Acārya Mahaprajña
CHAPTER - II PONDERING OVER THE NATURE OF THE WORLD
[SECTION-3)
2.49 se asaim uccāgoe, asaim niyāgoe. no hīme, ņo airitte, no pīhae. Frequently a soul is born with high, frequently with low status. So it is neither high nor low (intrinsically). One should not therefore covet status. Bhagyam Sūtra 49 The most visible goods of possession are accumulation of money and boarding of property. But minutely viewed, the desire for honour and respect too is nothing but a kind of possession. This Sūtra is concerned with contemplation on freedom from such possession. The worldly soul transmigrates from higher to lower pedigrees and vice-versa, time and again; therefore, truly speaking, he is neither low nor high. In other words, the distinction between high and low is only arbitrary. As such, the hankering for a high pedigree is futile.
High pedigree - it refers to one whose pedigree is worthy of honour and respect. The opposite of this is low pedigree.
This Sūtra should be explained from the standpoint of substance. From the standpoint of substance or the ultimate standpoint the soul is neither low nor high. The high or low is understandable only from the standpoint of modes. 2.50 iti samkhāya ke goyāvādi? ke māṇāvādi ? kimsi vā ege gijjhe? Knowing this truth about status, who would speak of his status,
TART 4511 976 – Te, 2004
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