Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary)
by Vijay K. Jain | 2018 | 130,587 words | ISBN-10: 8193272625 | ISBN-13: 9788193272626
This page describes lifetime from the second infernal region onwards which is verse 4.35 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 35 of the chapter The Celestial Beings and includes an extensive commentary.
Verse 4.35 - Lifetime from the second infernal region onwards
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of Tattvartha sūtra 4.35:
नारकाणां च द्वितीयादिषु ॥ ४.३५ ॥
nārakāṇāṃ ca dvitīyādiṣu || 4.35 ||
The same applies to infernal beings from the second infernal region onwards. (35)
Hindi Anvayarth:
अन्वयार्थ: दूसरे इत्यादि नरक के नारकियों की जघन्य आयु भी देवों की जघन्य आयु के समान है-अर्थात् जो पहिले नरक की उत्कृष्ट आयु है वही दूसरे नरक की जघन्य आयु है। इस प्रकार आगे के नरकों में भी जघन्य आयु जानना चाहिये।
Anvayartha: dusare ityadi naraka ke narakiyom ki jaghanya ayu bhi devom ki jaghanya ayu ke samana hai-arthat jo pahile naraka ki utkrishta ayu hai vahi dusare naraka ki jaghanya ayu hai | isa prakara age ke narakom mem bhi jaghanya ayu janana cahiye |
Explanation in English from Ācārya Pūjyapāda’s Sarvārthasiddhi:
The maximum lifetime of the infernal beings has been described (see sūtra 3-6). The minimum has not been mentioned. Though it is out of context here, still it is described in brief.
What for is ‘ca’ used? It is for taking over the rule just mentioned. What is it? The maximum of the immediately preceding is the minimum of the next one. From this the following meaning is inferred. The maximum lifetime of the infernal beings in the first earth Ratnaprabhā is one sāgaropama. That is the minimum in the second earth Śarkarāprabhā. The maximum lifetime of infernal beings in the second earth is three sāgaropama. And that is the minimum in the third, namely, Vālukāprabhā, and so on.