Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary)
by Vijay K. Jain | 2018 | 130,587 words | ISBN-10: 8193272625 | ISBN-13: 9788193272626
This page describes the minimum lifetime in the first earth which is verse 4.36 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 36 of the chapter The Celestial Beings and includes an extensive commentary.
Verse 4.36 - The minimum lifetime in the first earth
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of Tattvartha sūtra 4.36:
दशवर्षसहस्राणि प्रथमायाम् ॥ ४.३६ ॥
daśavarṣasahasrāṇi prathamāyām || 4.36 ||
The minimum lifetime in the first earth is ten thousand years. (36)
Hindi Anvayarth:
अन्वयार्थ: पहिले नरक के नारकियों की जघन्य आयु दस हजार वर्ष की है। (नारकियों की उत्कृष्ट आयु का वर्णन तीसरे अध्याय के छठवें सूत्र में किया है।)
Anvayartha: pahile naraka ke narakiyom ki jaghanya ayu dasa hajara varsha ki hai | (narakiyom ki utkrishta ayu ka varnana tisare adhyaya ke chathavem sutra mem kiya hai | )
Explanation in English from Ācārya Pūjyapāda’s Sarvārthasiddhi:
Thus the minimum lifetime from the second earth onwards in the infernal region has been mentioned. What is the minimum in the first?
‘The minimum lifetime’ is supplied. The minimum lifetime in the first earth Ratnaprabhā is ten thousand years.