Verse 10.4 - Exception to the rule of destruction or absence

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of Tattvartha sūtra 10.4:

अन्यत्रकेवलसम्यक्त्वज्ञानदर्शनसिद्धत्वेभ्यः ॥ १०.४ ॥

anyatrakevalasamyaktvajñānadarśanasiddhatvebhyaḥ || 10.4 ||

However, there is no destruction of infinite-faith–kevalasamyaktva, infinite-knowledge–kevalajñāna, infinite-perception–kevaladarśana, and infinite-perfection–siddhatva. (4)

Hindi Anvayarth:

अन्वयार्थ: [केवलसम्यक्त्वज्ञानदर्शनसिद्धत्वेभ्यः अन्यत्र] केवलसम्यक्त्व, केवलज्ञान, केवलदर्शन और सिद्धत्व, इन भावों के अतिरिक्त अन्य भावों के अभाव से मोक्ष होता है।

Anvayartha: [kevalasamyaktvajnanadarshanasiddhatvebhyah anyatra] kevalasamyaktva, kevalajnana, kevaladarshana aura siddhatva, ina bhavom ke atirikta anya bhavom ke abhava se moksha hota hai |

Explanation in English from Ācārya Pūjyapāda’s Sarvārthasiddhi:

If liberation is affirmed as disappearance of all dispositions, then the liberated soul should be bereft of all characteristics of the destructional (kṣāyika) type also. It would be so, if no speciality be mentioned about liberation. But there is speciality. Hence the exception is stated in this sūtra.

What is indicated by ‘anyatra’–‘other than’? It means that the rule of destruction or absence applies to all psychical factors other than those mentioned: infinite-faith–kevalasamyaktva, infinite-knowledge–kevalajñāna, infinite-perception–kevaladarśana, and infinite-perfection–siddhatva. If these four characteristics alone remain with the liberated soul, it would lead to the denial of infinite-energy (anantavīrya), etc. But it is not so. Being the concomitant characteristic–avinābhāvī–of knowledge and perception, infinite-energy (anantavīrya), etc., must also be found in liberated souls. For without infinite-energy (anantavīrya), there can be no infinite-knowledge (anantajñāna), and bliss (sukha) is of the nature of knowledge. It is contended that there are no emancipated souls, as they have no forms. But it is not so. They have the forms of their last bodies. If the soul is of the extent of the body, then in the absence of the body, the soul should expand to the extent of the universe, as the soul is as extensive as the universe with regard to space-points (pradeśa). But it is not so, as there is no cause for it. The expansion or contraction of the soul is determined by the body-making (nāma) karmas. And in the absence of the physique-making karmas, there is neither expansion nor contraction.