Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary)
by Vijay K. Jain | 2018 | 130,587 words | ISBN-10: 8193272625 | ISBN-13: 9788193272626
This page describes the last two types of pure meditation (shukladhyana) which is verse 9.38 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 38 of the chapter Stoppage and Shedding of Karmas and includes an extensive commentary.
Verse 9.38 - The last two types of pure meditation (śukladhyāna)
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of Tattvartha sūtra 9.38:
परे केवलिनः ॥ ९.३८ ॥
pare kevalinaḥ || 9.38 ||
The last two types of pure meditation–śukladhyāna–arise in the Omniscient (kevalī). (38)
Hindi Anvayarth:
अन्वयार्थ: [परे] शुक्लध्यान के अन्तिम दो भेद अर्थात् सूक्ष्मक्रियाप्रतिपाति और व्युपरतक्रियानिवर्ति ये दो ध्यान [केवलिनः] केवलि भगवान के होते हैं।
Anvayartha: [pare] shukladhyana ke antima do bheda arthat sukshmakriyapratipati aura vyuparatakriyanivarti ye do dhyana [kevalinah] kevali bhagavana ke hote haim |
Explanation in English from Ācārya Pūjyapāda’s Sarvārthasiddhi:
The first two kinds of pure meditation–śukladhyāna–must occur to the śrutakevalī. In whom do the rest arise?
The last two types of pure meditation–śukladhyāna–arise in the Omniscient-with-vibration–sayogakevalī–and non-vibratory Omniscient–ayogakevalī. The Omniscient is the one who has destroyed the entire knowledge-obscuring (jñānāvaraṇīya) karmas.