Bhagavati-sutra (Viyaha-pannatti)
by K. C. Lalwani | 1973 | 185,989 words
The English translation of the Bhagavati-sutra which is the fifth Jaina Agama (canonical literature). It is a large encyclopedic work in the form of a dialogue where Mahavira replies to various question. The present form of the Sutra dates to the fifth century A.D. Abhayadeva Suri wrote a vritti (commentary) on the Bhagavati in A.D. 1071. In his J...
Part 5 - On the omniscient
Q. 159. Bhante! Do the omniscient know and see with the help of organs of senses?
A. 159. No, Gautama, they do not.
Q. 160. Why pray?
A. 160. The omniscient know the limited, as also the unlimited, in the east,... till their vision is unobstructed. It is for this so. (Like this in all the directions.)
Couplet:
Happiness and Misery of the Living Beings,
Living Beings, their Life, the Would-be-liberated,
Unalloyed Misery, Intake of Matter by Self, Omniscient,
(These are the topics discussed in this Śataka).
Bhante! So they are. Glory be to the great Lord! So saying, Bhagavān Gautama paid his homage and obeisance to the Lord, and having done so, he withdrew to his seat.
Chapter Ten ends.
Book Ten [six?] ends.
Notes (based on commentary of Abhayadeva Sūri):
(There is no commentary available for this section).