Verse 4.21 - Motion, stature, attachment and pride

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of Tattvartha sūtra 4.21:

गतिशरीरपरिग्रहाभिमानतो हीनाः ॥ ४.२१ ॥

gatiśarīraparigrahābhimānato hīnāḥ || 4.21 ||

There is decrease with regard to motion (gati), stature (śarīra), attachment (parigraha) and pride (abhimāna). (21)

Hindi Anvayarth:

अन्वयार्थ: गति, शरीर, परिग्रह और अभिमान की अपेक्षा से ऊपर-ऊपर के वैमानिक देव हीन-हीन होते हैं।

Anvayartha: gati, sharira, parigraha aura abhimana ki apeksha se upara-upara ke vaimanika deva hina-hina hote haim |

Explanation in English from Ācārya Pūjyapāda’s Sarvārthasiddhi:

Increase with regard to lifetime (āyuḥ [āyus]), etc., may extend to movement (gati) etc. The next sūtra is intended to preclude such an interpretation.

Motion (gati) is the cause of movement from one place to another. The stature (śarīra) means the transformable (vaikriyika) body. Attachment (parigraha) is fondness for worldly things owing to the fruition of greed-passion (lobhakaṣāya). Pride (abhimāna) is haughtiness or self-conceit (ahaṃkāra) owing to the fruition of pride-passion (māna-kaṣāya). These are less and less in vaimānika deva of higher and higher kalpa. Due to decrease in fondness for seeking pleasure in different places, there is less movement (gati) of celestial beings in higher kalpa. The stature (śarīra) of Saudharma and Aiśāna deva is seven cubit (aratni or hātha), that of Sānatkumāra and Māhendra deva is six cubit, that of Brahma and Brahmottara, and Lāntava and Kāpiṣṭha deva is five cubit, that of Śukra and Mahāśukra, and Śatāra and Sahasrāra deva is four cubit, that of Ānata and Prāṇata deva is three and a half cubit, and that of Āraṇa and Acyuta deva is three cubit. The stature (śarīra) of the ahamindra in lower graiveyaka is two and a half cubit, and in the middle graiveyaka it is two cubit. The stature (śarīra) of the ahamindra in the upper graiveyaka and in the anudiśa vimāna is one and a half cubit. In the five anuttara vimāna the stature of the ahamindra is one cubit. These are the stature (śarīra) of the deva by own-nature (svabhāva); the stature is transformable (vaikriyika). Higher and higher up, the attachment (parigraha) relating to the size of the celestial-car (vimāna), habitation, dress, retinue, and possessions is less and less. The external possessions shrink as there is increase in merit (puṇya) and decrease in infatuation (mūrcchā). Similarly, higher and higher up, pride (abhimāna) also reduces as the intensity of passions decreases.