Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary)
by Vijay K. Jain | 2018 | 130,587 words | ISBN-10: 8193272625 | ISBN-13: 9788193272626
This page describes the possessors of the four types of sorrowful meditation which is verse 9.34 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 34 of the chapter Stoppage and Shedding of Karmas and includes an extensive commentary.
Verse 9.34 - The possessors of the four types of sorrowful meditation
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of Tattvartha sūtra 9.34:
तदविरतदेशविरतप्रमत्तसंयतानाम् ॥ ९.३४ ॥
tadaviratadeśaviratapramattasaṃyatānām || 9.34 ||
These occur in case of laymen without small vows–avirata, laymen with small vows–deśavirata, and non-vigilant ascetics–pramattasaṃyata. (34)
Hindi Anvayarth:
अन्वयार्थ: [तत्] वह आर्तध्यान [अविरतदेशविरतप्रमत्तसंयतानाम्] अविरत-पहले चार गुणस्थान, देशविरत-पाँचवां गुणस्थान और प्रमत्त संयत-छठे गुणस्थान में होता है।
Anvayartha: [tat] vaha artadhyana [aviratadeshaviratapramattasamyatanam] avirata-pahale cara gunasthana, deshavirata-pamcavam gunasthana aura pramatta samyata-chathe gunasthana mem hota hai |
Explanation in English from Ācārya Pūjyapāda’s Sarvārthasiddhi:
Who are affected by these four types of sorrowful (ārta) meditation?
Laymen without small vows–‘avirata’–comprise all those up to the spiritual stage of vowless right belief–asaṃyatasamyagdṛṣṭi. Laymen in the stage of partial vows–saṃyatāsaṃyata–are called ‘deśavirata’. The ascetics with perfect vows but with occasional deviation due to fifteen faults of negligence (pramāda) are called ‘pramattasaṃyata’. In case of laymen of both classes, all the four types of sorrowful (ārta) meditation occur, as they are actuated by non-restraint. But in case of the non-vigilant ascetic, the first three, excluding the last one, occur occasionally owing to negligence or inadvertence.