Verse 6.20 - The nature of Life-Karmas (leading to birth as a celestial being)

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of Tattvartha sūtra 6.20:

सरागसंयमसंयमासंयमाकामनिर्जराबालतपांसि दैवस्य ॥ ६.२० ॥

sarāgasaṃyamasaṃyamāsaṃyamākāmanirjarābālatapāṃsi daivasya || 6.20 ||

Restraint-with-attachment (sarāgasaṃyama), restraint-cum-non-restraint (saṃyamāsaṃyama), involuntary-dissociation (akāmanirjarā) and childish-austerities (bālatapa) cause the influx (āsrava) of life-karma (āyuḥ) leading to birth as a celestial-being (deva). (20)

Hindi Anvayarth:

अन्वयार्थ: [सरागसंयमसंयमासंयमाकामनिर्जराबालतपांसि] सरागसंयम, संयमासंयम, अकामनिर्जरा और बालतप [दैवस्य] ये देवायु के आस्रव के कारण हैं।

Anvayartha: [saragasamyamasamyamasamyamakamanirjarabalatapamsi] saragasamyama, samyamasamyama, akamanirjara aura balatapa [daivasya] ye devayu ke asrava ke karana haim |

Explanation in English from Ācārya Pūjyapāda’s Sarvārthasiddhi:

What is the cause of the influx of life-karma that leads to birth as a celestial being (deva)?

The first two have been explained. Persons confined or bound, or imprisoned are forced to endure hunger, thirst, continence, sleeping on the floor, dirt and distress without any inclination on their part. Still, these lead to dissociation of karmas. This is called involuntary dissociation (akāmanirjarā). ‘Bālatapa’ is the observance, by a person of perverted faith, of austerities involving unscientific affliction of the body and characterized by fraudulent conduct. These cause the influx of karmas leading to birth in all four orders of celestial beings (deva).

Are these alone the cause of the influx of life-karma that leads to birth as celestial beings (deva)? No.

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