Verse 9.10 - Fourteen afflictions are possible in stages 10-12

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of Tattvartha sūtra 9.10:

सूक्ष्मसाम्परायच्छद्मस्थवीतरागयोश्चतुर्दश ॥ ९.१० ॥

sūkṣmasāmparāyacchadmasthavītarāgayoścaturdaśa || 9.10 ||

Fourteen afflictions (parīṣaha) are possible in case of the saints in the tenth–sūkṣmasāmparāya–and the eleventh/twelfth–chadmastha vītarāga–stages. (10)

Hindi Anvayarth:

अन्वयार्थ: [सूक्ष्मसाम्परायच्छद्मस्थवीतरागयोः] सूक्ष्मसाम्पराय वाले जीवों के और छद्मस्थ वीतरागों के [चतुदर्श] 14 परीषह होती हैं।

Anvayartha: [sukshmasamparayacchadmasthavitaragayoh] sukshmasamparaya vale jivom ke aura chadmastha vitaragom ke [catudarsha] 14 parishaha hoti haim |

Explanation in English from Ācārya Pūjyapāda’s Sarvārthasiddhi:

Do all these afflictions occur to all saints endeavouring to cross over the dense forest of transmigration, or is there any peculiarity? These afflictions occur differently according to the stages of conduct. But in the two cases, described below, this should be known definitely.

Hunger–kṣudhā, thirst–tṛṣā, cold–śīta, heat–uṣṇa, insect-bite–daṃśamaśaka, pain arising from roaming–caryā, uncomfortable couch–śayyā, injury–vadha, lack of gain–alābha, disease–roga, pain inflicted by blades of grass–tṛṇasparśa, dirt–mala, (conceit of) learning–prajñā, and despair or uneasiness arising from ignorance–ajñāna, are the fourteen afflictions (parīṣaha). The mention of ‘fourteen’ implies that the other afflictions do not occur in these stages. An objection is raised. As there is no deluding karma in the twelfth stage, the eight afflictions originating from it are absent, and hence the rule limiting the afflictions to fourteen in their case is appropriate. But there is the rise of the deluding karma in the tenth stage. Hence the number fourteen is not appropriate to the saint of the tenth stage. The objection is not valid as in that stage there is mere presence of the deluding karma. There is merely the rise of the gleaming (saṃjvalana) passion (kaṣāya) of greed (lobha), and that too is very minute. So virtually the tenth stage is similar to the twelfth stage and the limit fourteen is applicable to it too. It is further argued that the afflictions such as hunger do not arise, as the rise of deluding karma is either absent or very slight. Hence it is not fit to speak of the conquest of such afflictions. But it is not so. What is the reason? The potentiality alone is referred to here, similar to the capacity of the highest kind of deva (Sarvārthasiddhi deva) to reach the seventh infernal region. (But they never go there, as there is no inclination, curiosity or need for them to do so.)