Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary)
by Vijay K. Jain | 2018 | 130,587 words | ISBN-10: 8193272625 | ISBN-13: 9788193272626
This page describes the maximum duration of the deluding karma (mohaniya) which is verse 8.15 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 15 of the chapter Bondage of Karmas and includes an extensive commentary.
Verse 8.15 - The maximum duration of the deluding karma (mohanīya)
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of Tattvartha sūtra 8.15:
सप्ततिर्मोहनीयस्य ॥ ८.१५ ॥
saptatirmohanīyasya || 8.15 ||
Seventy sāgaropama koṭākoṭi is the maximum duration–utkṛṣṭa sthiti–of the deluding (mohanīya) karma. (15)
Hindi Anvayarth:
अन्वयार्थ: [मोहनीयस्य] मोहनीय कर्म की उत्कृष्ट स्थिति [सप्ततिः] सत्तर कोड़ाकोड़ी सागर की है।
Anvayartha: [mohaniyasya] mohaniya karma ki utkrishta sthiti [saptatih] sattara kodakodi sagara ki hai |
Explanation in English from Ācārya Pūjyapāda’s Sarvārthasiddhi:
The maximum duration of the deluding (mohanīya) karma is now indicated.
In this sūtra, ‘sāgaropamakoṭikoṭi’ and ‘parā sthitiḥ’–utkṛṣṭa sthiti–have been taken from the previous sūtra. This maximum duration of the deluding (mohanīya) karma also occurs in case of the wrong-believer (mithyādṛṣṭi) who is endowed with the five senses and the mind–saṃjñī pañcendriya–and who has attained completion–paryāptaka. With regard to the rest it must be understood from the Scripture.