Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary)
by Vijay K. Jain | 2018 | 130,587 words | ISBN-10: 8193272625 | ISBN-13: 9788193272626
This page describes the observances for the vow of truthfulness (satya) which is verse 7.5 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 5 of the chapter The Five Vows and includes an extensive commentary.
Verse 7.5 - The observances for the vow of truthfulness (satya)
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of Tattvartha sūtra 7.5:
क्रोधलोभभीरुत्वहास्यप्रत्याख्यानान्यनुवीचिभाषणं च पश्च ॥ ७.५ ॥
krodhalobhabhīrutvahāsyapratyākhyānānyanuvīcibhāṣaṇaṃ ca paśca || 7.5 ||
Giving-up (pratyākhyāna) these four: anger (krodha), greed (lobha), fearfulness (bhīrutva) and jest (hāsya), and speaking only faultless words–anuvīcibhāṣaṇa–are the five observances (bhāvanā) for the vow of truthfulness (satya). (5)
Hindi Anvayarth:
अन्वयार्थ: [क्रोधलोभभीरुत्वहास्यप्रत्याख्यानानि] क्रोधप्रत्याख्यान, लोभप्रत्याख्यान, भीरुत्वप्रत्याख्यान, हास्यप्रत्याख्यान अर्थात् क्रोध का त्याग करना, लोभ का त्याग करना, भय का त्याग करना, हास्य का त्याग करना [अनुवीचिभाषणं च] और शास्त्र की आज्ञानुसार निर्दोष वचन बोलना [पञ्च] ये पाँच सत्यव्रत की भावनायें हैं।
Anvayartha: [krodhalobhabhirutvahasyapratyakhyanani] krodhapratyakhyana, lobhapratyakhyana, bhirutvapratyakhyana, hasyapratyakhyana arthat krodha ka tyaga karana, lobha ka tyaga karana, bhaya ka tyaga karana, hasya ka tyaga karana [anuvicibhashanam ca] aura shastra ki ajnanusara nirdosha vacana bolana [panca] ye pamca satyavrata ki bhavanayem haim |
Explanation in English from Ācārya Pūjyapāda’s Sarvārthasiddhi:
What are the observances for the second vow of truthfulness (satya)?
[read sūtra 7.5 above]
These are the five observances (bhāvanā) for the vow of truthfulness (satya). Speaking only faultless words is anuvīcibhāṣaṇa.