Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary)

by Vijay K. Jain | 2018 | 130,587 words | ISBN-10: 8193272625 | ISBN-13: 9788193272626

This page describes the nine subdivisions of expiation (prayashcitta) which is verse 9.22 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 22 of the chapter Stoppage and Shedding of Karmas and includes an extensive commentary.

Verse 9.22 - The nine subdivisions of expiation (prāyaścitta)

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of Tattvartha sūtra 9.22:

आलोचनप्रतिक्रमणतदुभयविवेकव्युत्सर्गतपश्छेद परिहारोपस्थापनाः ॥ ९.२२ ॥

ālocanapratikramaṇatadubhayavivekavyutsargatapaścheda parihāropasthāpanāḥ || 9.22 ||

The nine subdivisions of expiation–prāyaścitta–are confession–ālocanā, repentance–pratikramaṇa, combination of the first two–tadubhaya, discrimination–viveka, giving up attachment to the body–vyutsarga, penance–tapa, suspension–cheda, expulsion–parihāra, and reinitiation–upasthāpanā. (22)

Hindi Anvayarth:

अन्वयार्थ: [आलोचनप्रतिक्रमणतदुभयविवेकव्युत्सर्गतपश्छेदपरिहारोपस्थापनाः] आलोचना, प्रतिक्रमण, तदुभय, विवेक, व्युत्सर्ग, तप, छेद, परिहार, उपस्थापना, ये प्रायश्चित्त तप के नव भेद हैं।

Anvayartha: [alocanapratikramanatadubhayavivekavyutsargatapashchedapariharopasthapanah] alocana, pratikramana, tadubhaya, viveka, vyutsarga, tapa, cheda, parihara, upasthapana, ye prayashcitta tapa ke nava bheda haim |

Explanation in English from Ācārya Pūjyapāda’s Sarvārthasiddhi:

The subdivisions of the first, expiation–prāyaścitta, are described.

Relating, without the ten faults, one’s transgressions to the master is confession–ālocanā. Expression of penitence by uttering, “My fault be condoned,” is repentance–pratikramaṇa. As the sin is corrected by the combination of the two, it is twofold expiation, called ‘tadubhaya’. The dissociation or separation from food, drink, implements that cause sense-indulgence is discrimination–viveka. ‘Vyutsarga’ is performance of austerities, such as standing in a place, getting rid of attachment to the body, for a limited time. Penance–tapa–is fasting, taking less than one’s fill, etc. Discounting the period of penance by a week, a fortnight, a month, etc., is suspension–cheda. Expelling one from the order for a fortnight, a month, etc., is expulsion–parihāra, another kind of expiation. Reinitiation–upasthāpanā–consists in initiation into the order once again.

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