Shruta Skandh - II

18. The Anuttar Aupapadik Dashang narrates by means of Ninety two lakh forty four thousand padas, description of ten munis each who suffered various calamities and overcoming them went to Anuttar Vimana (heaven) in each tirth. I offer my obeisance to them.

Commentary: Upapad means birth. Anuttar are highest level of heavens by names    Vijay, Vaijayant, Jayant, Aparajit and SarvarthSiddhi. Those taking birth in Anuttar Vimans are called Anuttar Aupapadik. Rishidas, Dhanya, Sunakshatra, Kartik, Nand, Nandan, Shalibhadra, Abhay, Varishena and Chilatputra these  ten have been born as Anuttar Aupapadik in the teerth of Vardhaman Tirthankar. In the same way there have been ten Anuttar Aupapadik each in the teerth of Rishabh deva and other twenty three tirthankaras. Ten Anagar ( munis) each have been born in Vijay etc. Anuttars after winning over severe calamities. The scripture describing them is called Anuttar Aupapadik Dashang.  

19. The Shruta Ang which describes by means of 93 lakh 16 thousand padas the answers to  various questions about destruction etc. is called Prashna Vyakaran which is tenth Ang.

Commentary: The answers to various questions are contained in the Ang named Prashna Vyakaran. By means of 93 lakh 16 thousand padas, with the help of questions the description of worldly and Vedic meanings of destruction, worry, benefit, loss, happiness, unhappiness, birth, death, victory, defeat, dravya, age, numbers are considered. It also includes the stories of four types namely Akshepani, Vikshepani, Samvedini and Nirvedini.

20.  The eleventh Ang is Vipak sutra which describes the fruition of Satavedaniya (punya karma) and Asatavedaniya ( pap karma) by means of one crore eighty four lakh padas. I bow to the same respectfully.

21. The total of padas of these eleven Angs is four crore fifteen lakh and two thousand padas. I offer my salutation to them with purity of mind, speech and body.

22. The  twelfth Ang described by Jinendra bhagwan  is Drishtivad which has five divisions namely Parikarma, Sutra, Prathamanuyoga, Poorvagata and Choolika.

Commentary: The  twelfth Ang is Drishtivad. It contains descriptions of 363 false beliefs and their moderation. It includes one hundred and eighty beliefs of Kriya vadis, eighty four of non kriyavadi, sixty seven of Agyanvadis and thirty two of Vaineyik believers.

23. The Parikarma which describes by means of thirty six lakh six thousand padas, the age of moon etc. in detail is known as Chandra Pragyapti Parikarma.

Commentary: Chandra Pragyapti with thirty six lakh six thousand padas describes the moon and its path, its age and size of its family, chandra loka, its special path, the duration of the moon  day caused by it, the obscuration of moon by Rahu and its cause etc. in detail.

24. The Parikarma which describes by means of five lakh three thousand padas, the family of sun, its age, speed, area of movement, happiness etc. in detail, is known as Surya Pragyapti.

Commentray; Surya Pragyapti contains description of path of sun, its family and age, the reasons for increase and decrease in its brightness, the methods of calculating the duration of day, month, year, yuga and ayan based upon sun. The cause for obscuration of Rahu upon sun and its duration of  fruition if it is in the planetary house. All these are described here.

25. The Parikarma named Jambu dweep describes using three lakh twenty five thousand padas the description of Jambu dweep of the size of one lakh yojan with all its kshetras including Bharat Kshetra, bhog bhumi etc.

Commentary: Jambu dweep pragyapti describes the various kshetras, lakes, rivers, temples etc. of Bharat and Airawat kshetra etc.

26. The Parikarma named Dweep  Sagar Pragyapti describes in fifty two lakh thirty six thousand padas the description of innumerable oceans and islands.

Commentary: It contains the numbers of various islands and oceans, their size and spread etc. inclusive of the descriptions of various temples and residences of Vyantars.

27. The next Parikarma is Vyakhya Pragyapti which describes in eighty four lakh  thirty six thousand padas the description of six types of dravyas.

Commentary: Vyakhya Pragyapti describes the forms of non corporeal Ajiva dravyas and corporeal Ajiva dravyas and the forms of bhavya and  abhavya Jiva dravyas.

28. In this  way the sum of the five types of Parikarma padas is one crore, eighty one lakh five thousand.

This completes the five divisions of Parikarma the first of the divisions of Drishtivad Ang.

29. The second of the divisions of Drishtivad is Sutra which describes in eighty eight lakh padas the various philosophies including accepting jiva being doer, enjoyer and other dharmas.

Commentary: Sutra Adhikar describes various beliefs. For example Jiva is bondage free, non doer, non enjoyer, uninvolved, without qualities, pervasive, adwait, non jiva; Jiva is generated by conglomeration of  four entities, jiva is zero, everything is momentary, everything is permanent etc.

30. The division by name Poorvagat of Drishtivad describes using ninety five crore fifty lakh and five padas, the description of Utpad, Vyaya and drouvya ( generation, destruction and permanence). I bow to this Poorvagat sruta.

31. The division of Drishtivad by name Prathamanuyoga describes in five thousand padas the stories of Tirthankaras, Chakravartys, Baldeo, Vasudeo and Pratinarayans.

Commentary: All Jinendras have seen or preached of twelve types of Puranas which contain descriptions of the Jinvansh( Jina’s family) and RajVansh(king’s family).  The first Purana deals with Arihants, the second with family of Chakravartys, third Vasudeos, fourth Vidhyadhars, fifth Charan Vansh, sixth Prgya Shramans, seventh Kuruvansh, eighth Harivansh, ninth Ikshwaku Vansh, tenth Kashyaps and Kashikas, eleventh Vadis and twelfth describes Nath vansh.

32. The shrutagyan which describes in two crore nine lakh eighty nine thousand and two hundred padas methods for walking on water, standing on water by means of mantra, tantra and atishaya (glory) of penances etc. is known as Jalagat Choolika.

33. The Shruta gyan which describes in two crore nine lakh eighty nine thousand and two hundred padas the methods for moving through the earth by means of mantra, tantra etc.  is known as Sthalgata Choolika.

34.  The shruta gyan which describes in two crore nine lakh eighty nine thousand and two hundred padas the methods for tantra etc. for carrying out deception form Indrajaal (magic)  that is known as Mayagata Choolika.

35. The shruta gyan which describes in two crore nine lakh eighty nine thousand and two hundred padas the methods by mantra, tantra etc. for transforming into lion, cheetah, deer etc., is known as Roopagata choolika.

36. The shruta gyan which describes in two crore nine lakh eighty nine thousand and two hundred padas the methods by mantra, tantra for traversing into the sky, is known as Akashgata choolika.

37. The sum of padas of the five types of choolikas is ten crore, forty nine lakh, forty six thousand padas. I offer my obeisance to the five types of choolika.

38. I salute to the veer Jina; subsequently I salute to Utpad Poorva which is the sruta gyan describing in one crore padas, the generation, destruction and permanence of Jiva, pudgala etc. dravyas.

Commentary: The manifestations in paryaya forms of the different dravyas i.e. Jiva, pudgala etc. are described in Utpad Poorva.

39. I salute to the part of sruta gyan  namely Agrayaniya poorva for the purity of my bhavas which describes in ninety six lakh padas the prominent among the Angs and the own self.

40. The Sruta gyan which describes in seventy lakh padas the powers of Chakravarty, Kevali, Surendra, Nagendra , is called Veerya Pravad Poorva.

41. The sruta gyan which describes in sixty lakh padas the various dharmas of the dravyas in the form of astitva (existence) and nastitva (non existence) is known as Asti Nasti Pravad poorva.

Commentary: This describes the existence of all the six dravyas from the aspect of dravya, kshetra, kaal and bhava of own dravya and non existence of them with respect to dravya, kshetra, kaal and bhava of other dravyas.

42. The sruta gyan which describes in one less than one crore padas, the various features of eight types of gyans, causes of their fruition etc. is known as Gyan Pravad Poorva.

Commentary: This describes the generation of five types of gyans for the gyanis and agyanis both from the aspects of beginingless- endless, beginningless- ending, beginning-endless, and with beginning-end.

43. The sruta gyan which describes with one crore eight padas, the speech manifestations of two sensed and other jivas by means of throat, lips, teeth etc., is known as Satya Pravad Poorva.

44. The sruta gyan which describes in 26 crore padas, the description of jiva and his knowledge with various dharmas of being doer, enjoyer etc., is known as Atma Pravad Poorva.

45. The sruta gyan which describes in one crore eighty lakh padas, the description of bondage, fruition, shedding etc. of karmas ; I worship that Karma Pravad Poorva.

Commentary:  The sruta which  describes the bondage, fruition, subsidence and Nirjara(shedding) of various  karmas in the form of its nature, intensity, numbers and duration including their minimum and maximum is known as Karma Pravad Poorva.

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