Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary)
by Vijay K. Jain | 2018 | 130,587 words | ISBN-10: 8193272625 | ISBN-13: 9788193272626
This page describes the gross body (audarika) which is verse 2.45 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 45 of the chapter Category of the Living and includes an extensive commentary.
Verse 2.45 - The gross body (audārika)
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of Tattvartha sūtra 2.45:
गर्भसम्मूर्च्छनजमाद्यम् ॥ २.४५ ॥
garbhasammūrcchanajamādyam || 2.45 ||
The first kind of body is attained through the uterine birth–garbhajanma, and spontaneous generation–sammūrcchanajanma. (45)
Hindi Anvayarth:
अन्वयार्थ: [गर्भ] गर्भ [सम्मूर्छनजम्] और सम्मूर्छन जन्म से उत्पन्न होने वाला शरीर [आद्यं] पहिला-औदारिक शरीर कहलाता है।
Anvayartha: [garbha] garbha [sammurchanajam] aura sammurchana janma se utpanna hone vala sharira [adyam] pahila-audarika sharira kahalata hai |
Explanation in English from Ācārya Pūjyapāda’s Sarvārthasiddhi:
According to the order in the sūtra, the gross (audārika) body is the first kind of body. That which is attained through uterine birth–garbhajanma, and through spontaneous generation–sammūrccha-najanma, is the gross body–audārika śarīra.