Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary)
by Vijay K. Jain | 2018 | 130,587 words | ISBN-10: 8193272625 | ISBN-13: 9788193272626
This page describes cognition is the mark of the soul which is verse 2.8 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 8 of the chapter Category of the Living and includes an extensive commentary.
Verse 2.8 - Cognition is the mark of the soul
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of Tattvartha sūtra 2.8:
उपयोगो लक्षणम् ॥ २.८ ॥
upayogo lakṣaṇam || 2.8 ||
Cognition (upayoga) is the mark (lakṣaṇa)–distinctive characteristic–of the soul (jīva). (8)
Hindi Anvayarth:
अन्वयार्थ: [लक्षणम्] जीव का लक्षण [उपयोगः] उपयोग है।
Anvayartha: [lakshanam] jiva ka lakshana [upayogah] upayoga hai |
Explanation in English from Ācārya Pūjyapāda’s Sarvārthasiddhi:
That, which arises from both internal and external causes and concomitant with soul-consciousness (caitanya) is cognition (upayoga)–active or attentive consciousness. By this–cognition (upayoga)–the soul is distinguished from the body. Just as gold and silver, even when mixed together, remain distinct by their respective colour, etc., similarly the soul and the body, though one in bondage, maintain distinctness due to their respective marks (lakṣaṇa).