Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary)
by Vijay K. Jain | 2018 | 130,587 words | ISBN-10: 8193272625 | ISBN-13: 9788193272626
This page describes definition of gupti (control) which is verse 9.4 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 4 of the chapter Stoppage and Shedding of Karmas and includes an extensive commentary.
Verse 9.4 - Definition of gupti (control)
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of Tattvartha sūtra 9.4:
सम्यग्योगनिग्रहो गुप्तिः ॥ ९.४ ॥
samyagyoganigraho guptiḥ || 9.4 ||
Hindi Anvayarth:
अन्वयार्थ: [सम्यक्योगनिग्रहो] भले प्रकार योग का निग्रह करना सो [गुप्तिः] गुप्ति है।
Anvayartha: [samyakyoganigraho] bhale prakara yoga ka nigraha karana so [guptih] gupti hai |
Explanation in English from Ācārya Pūjyapāda’s Sarvārthasiddhi:
Control (gupti), which is mentioned first among the causes of stoppage (saṃvara), is now defined.
Activity (yoga) has been explained already. (sūtra 6-1). Restraining self-willed activity (yoga) is restraint. The attribute ‘samyak’–‘well’–is intended to curb activity leading to worldly pleasures. When the threefold activity of the body, the sense-organ of speech and the mind is curbed well, there is no room for evil disposition. So there is no inflow of karma due to activity, and consequently there is stoppage (saṃvara) of influx. Restraint is of three kinds, control of bodily activity–kāyagupti, control of vocal activity–vacanagupti, and control of mental activity–manogupti.