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 life-determining karma (ayus) which is verse 8.17 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 17 of the chapter Bondage of Karmas and includes an extensive commentary.
Verse 8.17 - The maximum duration of life-determining karma (āyus)
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of Tattvartha sūtra 8.17:
त्रयस्त्रिंशत्सागरोपमाण्यायुषः ॥ ८.१७ ॥
trayastriṃśatsāgaropamāṇyāyuṣaḥ || 8.17 ||
Thirty-three sāgaropama is the maximum duration of the life-determining (āyuḥ [āyus]) karma. (17)
Hindi Anvayarth:
अन्वयार्थ: [आयुषः] आयु कर्म का उत्कृष्ट स्थिति [त्रयस्त्रिंशत्सागरोपमाणि] तेंतीस सागर की है।
Anvayartha: [ayushah] ayu karma ka utkrishta sthiti [trayastrimshatsagaropamani] temtisa sagara ki hai |
Explanation in English from Ācārya Pūjyapāda’s Sarvārthasiddhi:
What is the maximum duration of life-determining (āyuḥ [āyus]) karma?
The mention of ‘sāgaropama’ in the sūtra is to exclude ‘koṭākoṭi’. The maximum duration is supplied from the sūtra 8-14. This maximum duration 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.