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 7 - Bondage due to the formation of a kārmaṇ body
Q. 376. Bhante! One who has the bondage of the whole of a gross body, does he, or does he not, acquire the bondage of a fluid body?
A. 376. Gautama! He does not. He remains without it.
Q. 377. ...does he, or does he not, acquire the bondage of a caloric body?
A. 377. Gautama! He does not. He remains without it.
Q. 378. ... does he, or does he not, acquire the bondage of a fiery body?
A. 378. Gautama! He does. He does not remain without it.
Q. 379. Bhante! If he does, then, is it a bondage of a part, or of the whole?
A. 379. Gautama! Bondage of a part, not of the whole.
Q. 380.... does he, or does he not, acquire the bondage of a kārmaṇ body?
A. 381. This is similar to a fiery body, till bondage of a part, not of the whole.
Q. 381. Bhante! One who has the bondage of a part of a gross body, does be, or does he not, acquire the bondage of a fluid body?
A. 381. Gautama! He does not. He remains without it. What has been said about the bondage of the whole holds also of the bondage of a part, till the kārmaṇ body.
Q. 3?2. Bhante! One who has the bondage of the whole of a fluid body, does he, or does he not, acquire the bondage of a gross body?
A. 382. Gautama! He does not. He remains without it. This holds good of a caloric body. A fiery body and a kārmaṇ body are similar to a gross body, till bondage of a part, not of the whole.
Q. 383. Bhante! One who has the bondage of a part of a fluid body, does he, or does he not, acquire the bondage of a gross body?
A. 383. Gautama! He does not. He remains without it. And what has been said of the bondage of the whole will hold in the case of the bondage of a part, till a kārmaṇ body.
Q. 384. Bhante! One who has the bondage of the whole of a caloric body, does he, or does he not, acquire the bondage of a gross body?
A. 384. Gautama! He does not. He remains without it. And this holds good of a fluid body. A fiery body and a kārmaṇ body are similar to a gross body.
Q. 385. Bhante! One who has the bondage of a part of a caloric body, (does he, or does lie not, acquire the bondage of) a gross body?
A. 385. Gautama! What has been said of the bondage of the whole of a caloric body will hold good for the bondage of a part, till a kārmaṇ body.
Q. 386. Bhante! One who has the bondage of. a part of a fiery body, does he, or does he not, acquire the bondage: of a gross body?
A. 386. Gautama! He may, oṇ he may not.
Q. 387. Bhante! When he does, is it a bondage of a part, or of the whole?
A. 387. Gautama! It may be a bondage of a part, or of the whole,
Q. 388. ...does he, or does he not, acquire the bondage of a fluid body?
A. 388. Just similar, and so also of the caloric body.
Q. 389. ...does he, or does he not, acquire the bondage of a kārmaṇ body?
A. 389. Gautama! He does. He does not remain without it.
Q. 390. Bhante! If he does, is it a bondage of a part, or of the whole?
A. 390. Gautama! It is a bondage of a part, not of the whole.
Q. 391. Bhante! One who has the bondage of a part of a kārmaṇ body, (does he, or does he not, acquire the bondage of) a gross body?
A. 391. Gautama! What has been said of a fiery body also holds good of a kārmaṇ body, till a bondage of a part of the fiery body, not of the whole.
Q. 392. Bhante! Of all the living beings, with gross, fluid, caloric, fiery and kārmaṇ bodies, with a bondage of a part, a bondage of the whole and no bondage, which ones are less in number, till especially more?
A. 392. Gautama! Smallest in number are those with a caloric body with a bondage of the whole; a countable times more are those with a bondage of a part. Innumerable times more than the second are those with, a fluid body with a bondage of the whole; innumerable times more than the third are those with a bondage of a part. An infinite times more than the fourth are those with a fiery body and with a kārmaṇ body with no bondage, and their numbers are similar. An infinite times more are those with a gross body with a bondage of a whole; those with no bondage are especially more; those with a bondage of a part are innumerable times more. Especially more are those with a kārmaṇ body with a bondage of a part; especially more are those with a fluid body with no bondage; also especially more are those with a caloric body with no bondage.
Bhante! So they are. So they are.
Chapter Nine ends.
Notes (based on commentary of Abhayadeva Sūri):
(There is no commentary available for this section).