Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary)
by Vijay K. Jain | 2018 | 130,587 words | ISBN-10: 8193272625 | ISBN-13: 9788193272626
This page describes the subdivisions of the eight main divisions of bondage (bandha) which is verse 8.5 of the English translation of the Tattvartha Sutra which represents the essentials of Jainism and Jain dharma and deals with the basics on Karma, Cosmology, Ethics, Celestial beings and Liberation. The Tattvarthasutra is authorative among both Digambara and Shvetambara. This is verse 5 of the chapter Bondage of Karmas and includes an extensive commentary.
Verse 8.5 - The subdivisions of the eight main divisions of bondage (bandha)
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of Tattvartha sūtra 8.5:
पञ्चनवद्वयष्टाविंशतिचतुर्द्विचत्वारिंशद्विपञ्चभेदा यथाक्रमम् ॥ ८.५ ॥
pañcanavadvayaṣṭāviṃśaticaturdvicatvāriṃśadvipañcabhedā yathākramam || 8.5 ||
The subdivisions of eight main divisions of bondage are five, nine, two, twenty-eight, four, forty-two, two and five, respectively. (5)
Hindi Anvayarth:
अन्वयार्थ: [यथाक्रमम्] उपरोक्त ज्ञानावरणादि आठ कर्मों के अनुक्रम से [पञ्चनवद्व्यष्टाविंशतिचतुर्द्विचत्वारिंशद्विपञ्चभेदाः] पाँच, नव, दो, अट्ठाईस, चार, ब्यालीस, दो और पाँच भेद हैं।
Anvayartha: [yathakramam] uparokta jnanavaranadi atha karmom ke anukrama se [pancanavadvyashtavimshaticaturdvicatvarimshadvipancabhedah] pamca, nava, do, atthaisa, cara, byalisa, do aura pamca bheda haim |
Explanation in English from Ācārya Pūjyapāda’s Sarvārthasiddhi:
The main divisions of bondage have been described. The subdivisions are to be described now.
Knowledge-covering (jñānāvaraṇa) is of five kinds, perception-covering (darśanāvaraṇa) is of nine kinds, feeling-producing (vedanīya) is of two kinds, deluding (mohanīya) is of twenty-eight kinds, life-determining (āyuḥ) is of four kinds, name-determining or physique-making (nāma) is of forty-two kinds, status-determining (gotra) is of two kinds, and obstructive (antarāya) is of five kinds.