Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary)
by Vijay K. Jain | 2018 | 130,587 words | ISBN-10: 8193272625 | ISBN-13: 9788193272626
This page describes prior to the graiveyaka are the kalpa which is verse 4.23 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 23 of the chapter The Celestial Beings and includes an extensive commentary.
Verse 4.23 - Prior to the Graiveyaka are the Kalpa
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of Tattvartha sūtra 4.23:
प्राग्वेयकेभ्यः कल्पाः ॥ ४.२३ ॥
prāgveyakebhyaḥ kalpāḥ || 4.23 ||
Prior to the graiveyaka are the kalpa. (23)
Hindi Anvayarth:
अन्वयार्थ: ग्रैवेयकों से पहिले के सोलह स्वर्गों को कल्प कहते हैं। उनसे आगे के विमान कल्पातीत हैं।
Anvayartha: graiveyakom se pahile ke solaha svargom ko kalpa kahate haim | unase age ke vimana kalpatita haim |
Explanation in English from Ācārya Pūjyapāda’s Sarvārthasiddhi:
‘Kalpopapanna’ has been used earlier. Who are these?
It is not known wherefrom the kalpa commence. Hence Saudharma, etc., are taken over (from sūtra 4-19). It means that Saudharma and the rest, up to graiveyaka, are the kalpa. It also follows that the others are beyond the kalpa–kalpātīta.