Verse 2.13 - One-sensed beings (sthāvara)

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of Tattvartha sūtra 2.13:

पृथिव्यप्तेजोवायुवनस्पतयः स्थावराः ॥ २.१३ ॥

pṛthivyaptejovāyuvanaspatayaḥ sthāvarāḥ || 2.13 ||

Earth-bodied–pṛthivīkāyika, water-bodied–jalakāyika, fire-bodied–agnikāyika, air-bodied–vāyukāyika, and plant-bodied–vanaspatikāyika, are sthāvara beings. (13)

Hindi Anvayarth:

अन्वयार्थ: [पृथिवी अप् तेजः वायुः वनस्पतयः] पृथ्वीकायिक, जलकायिक, अग्निकायिक, वायुकायिक और वनस्पतिकायिक-यह पाँच प्रकार के [स्थावराः] स्थावर जीव हैं। (इन जीवों के मात्र एक स्पर्शन इन्द्रिय होती है।)

Anvayartha: [prithivi ap tejah vayuh vanaspatayah] prithvikayika, jalakayika, agnikayika, vayukayika aura vanaspatikayika-yaha pamca prakara ke [sthavarah] sthavara jiva haim | (ina jivom ke matra eka sparshana indriya hoti hai | )

Explanation in English from Ācārya Pūjyapāda’s Sarvārthasiddhi:

There is not much to be said about the one-sensed, sthāvara beings. So these are explained first, violating the order.

The earth-bodied, and so on, are the different divisions of the ‘sthāvara’ name-karma. The naming of souls (beings) as earth-bodied, etc., is based on fruition of these divisions of the ‘sthāvara’ name-karma. Four kinds of each of these–earth-bodied, and so on–are mentioned in the Scripture. For instance, earth (pṛthivī), earth-body (pṛthivīkāya), earth-bodied (pṛthivīkāyika), and earth-soul (pṛthivī-jīva) are mentioned. That which has no consciousness and has the quality of hardness as its own nature is earth (pṛthivī). Though it has no consciousness, even in the absence of the fruition of earth name-karma, it is called earth as it is characterized by spreading, etc. Or, earth is the common name, found in the other three also. The earth-body (pṛthivīkāya) is that which has been abandoned by the soul present in it, similar to the dead body of a man. The earth-bodied (pṛthivīkāyika) is that which has the earth for its body (namely, the soul that lives in an earth-body). The earth-soul (pṛthivījīva) is that which has acquired the name-karma of earth-body, and is in transit with the karmic body, but has not actually entered the earth-body. Similar divisions must be made with regard to water (jala), etc.

These five kinds of living beings are sthāvara. How many life-principles or vitalities (prāṇa) do these possess? These possess four life-principles (prāṇa): the sense-organ of touch (sparśana-indriya-prāṇa), strength of body or energy (kāyabala-prāṇa), respiration (ucchvāsa-niḥśvāsa-prāṇa) and life-duration (āyuḥ-prāṇa).