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 4 - Bondage due to the formation of a caloric body
Q. 342. Bhante! How many are the types of bondage due to a caloric body?
A. 342. Gautama! Only one.
Q. 343. Bhante! If it be one, then is it due to the formation of a caloric body of a human being, or of a nonhuman being?
A. 343. Gautama! Only due to the formation of the caloric body of a human being, not that of a non-human being. For the rest, refer to the Chapter on Body Structure (in the Prajñāpaṇā Sutra, Pada 21), till the bondage due to the formation of a caloric body takes place in the human type, with affluence attained, with infatuated-restraint, with right outlook, full attainments, with a countable number of years of life-span, born in the land of spiritual activity (karmabhūmi), from the mother’s womb, but not in a non-human type, etc., etc., and without affluence.
Q. 344. Bhante! What karma leads to the bondage due to the formation of a caloric body?
A. 344. Gautama! Due to energy, activity of the mind, association of matter, till power and the coining up of karma giving a name relevant to a caloric body that the bondage due to the formation of a caloric body is acquired.
Q. 345. Bhante! Is the bondage due to the formation of a caloric body a bondage of a part or of the whole?
A. 345. Gautama! Both a bondage of a part and of the whole.
Q. 346. Bhante! How long does the bondage due to the formation of a caloric body last?
A. 346. Gautama! The bondage of the whole lasts for a unit of countable time. For the bondage of a part, the minimum is less than a muhūrta, and so also the maximum, less than a muhūrta.
Q. 347. Bhante! How long is the time gap between the formation of one and another of the caloric bodies?
A. 347. Gautama! For the bondage of the whole, the minimum time gap is less than a muhūrta, and the maximum is an infinite time, an infinite number of downswings and upswings of the time-cycle; in terms of space, an infinite space, slightly less than a pudgala-parāvartana. So also the time gap for the bondage of a part.
Q. 348. Bhante! As between the bondage of the whole, of a part and no bondage, which one is less, till especially more?
A. 348. Gautama! Smallest in number are those with the bondage of the whole, a countable number of times more are those with the bondage of a part and an infinite times more are those with no bondage.
Notes (based on commentary of Abhayadeva Sūri):
(There is no commentary available for this section).