Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary)
by Vijay K. Jain | 2018 | 130,587 words | ISBN-10: 8193272625 | ISBN-13: 9788193272626
This page describes the lotus in the middle of the first lake which is verse 3.17 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 17 of the chapter The Lower World and the Middle World and includes an extensive commentary.
Verse 3.17 - The lotus in the middle of the first lake
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of Tattvartha sūtra 3.17:
तन्मध्ये योजनं पुष्करम् ॥ ३.१७ ॥
tanmadhye yojanaṃ puṣkaram || 3.17 ||
In the middle of this first lake, there is a lotus of the size of one yojana. (17)
Hindi Anvayarth:
अन्वयार्थ: उसके बीच में एक योजन विस्तार वाला कमल है।
Anvayartha: usake bica mem eka yojana vistara vala kamala hai |
Explanation in English from Ācārya Pūjyapāda’s Sarvārthasiddhi:
‘Yojanam’ means of the extent of one yojana. It amounts to this: each petal measures one-fourth of a yojana (one krośa) and the pericarp half a yojana (two krośa). Hence, the lotus is one yojana (= four krośa) long and one yojana broad. The lotus consists of a multitude of petals (1011 in number, see ‘Trilokasāra’, verse 569) densely packed, and its stalk has the height of one half of a yojana (two krośa), from the surface of the water.