Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary)

by Vijay K. Jain | 2018 | 130,587 words | ISBN-10: 8193272625 | ISBN-13: 9788193272626

This page describes those who have the brahmaloka as their abode which is verse 4.24 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 24 of the chapter The Celestial Beings and includes an extensive commentary.

Verse 4.24 - Those who have the Brahmaloka as their abode

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of Tattvartha sūtra 4.24:

ब्रह्मलोकालया लौकान्तिकाः ॥ ४.२४ ॥

brahmalokālayā laukāntikāḥ || 4.24 ||

Brahmaloka is the abode of the ‘laukāntika’ deva. (24)

Hindi Anvayarth:

अन्वयार्थ: जिनका निवास स्थान पाँचवां स्वर्ग (ब्रह्मलोक) है, उन्हें लौकान्तिक देव कहते हैं।

Anvayartha: jinaka nivasa sthana pamcavam svarga (brahmaloka) hai, unhem laukantika deva kahate haim |

Explanation in English from Ācārya Pūjyapāda’s Sarvārthasiddhi:

Where are the ‘laukāntika’ deva and who comprise these? Are they vaimānika?

Ālaya’ is dwelling or abode. Those who have the Brahmaloka as their abode are the ‘laukāntika’ deva. If so, it would include all deva residing there. No. The word is taken in its etymological sense. The word ‘loka’ in the sūtra denotes the Brahmaloka and ‘lokānta’ means the end or border. Those who are born there, and not all, are called ‘laukāntika’ deva. The abodes of the ‘laukāntika’ deva are at the borders of the Brahmaloka. Or else, where birth, old age and death prevails is ‘loka’, that is, saṃsāra. ‘Lokānta’ means at the end of it. Those who are at the end of saṃsāra (transmigration) are called ‘laukāntika’. All ‘laukān-tika’ deva have come to the end of transmigration. After completing their lifetime as the ‘laukāntika’ deva, they take one birth as a human being and attain liberation (nirvāṇa).

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