Bhagavati-sutra (Viyaha-pannatti)
by K. C. Lalwani | 1973 | 185,989 words
The English translation of the Bhagavati-sutra which is the fifth Jaina Agama (canonical literature). It is a large encyclopedic work in the form of a dialogue where Mahavira replies to various question. The present form of the Sutra dates to the fifth century A.D. Abhayadeva Suri wrote a vritti (commentary) on the Bhagavati in A.D. 1071. In his J...
Part 2 - On light and darkness
Q. 166. Bhante! Is the day bright and the night dark?
A. 166. Yes, Gautama,... till dark.
Q. 167. Why so?
A. 167. The day has auspicious matter; it transforms into auspicious matter. The night has inauspicious matter; it transforms into inauspicious matter. So they are like that.
Q. 168. Bhante! Are the infernal beings bright or dark?
A. 168. Gautama! The infernal beings are not bright; they are dark.
Q. 169. Why are they so?
A. 169. Gautama! The infernal beings are with inauspicious matter; they transform into inauspicious matter. Hence it is so.
Q. 170. Bhante! Are the 础蝉耻谤补办耻尘腻谤补蝉 bright or dark?
A. 170. Gautama! The 础蝉耻谤补办耻尘腻谤补蝉 are bright, not dark.
Q. 171. Why are they so?
A. 171. Gautama! The 础蝉耻谤补办耻尘腻谤补蝉 are made of auspicious matter; they transform into auspicious matter. It is for this so,... till the 厂迟补苍颈迟补办耻尘腻谤补蝉.
The earth-bodies,... till the three-organ beings are similar to the infernal beings.
Q. 172. Bhante! Are the four-organ beings dark or bright?
A. 172. Gautama! They are bright; also they are dark.
Q. 173. Why so?
A. 173. Gautama! The four-organ beings are made with auspicious as well as with inauspicious matter; they transform into auspicious as well as into inauspicious matter. It is for this so,... till human beings, V膩峁嘺vyantaras, 闯测辞迟颈峁补蝉 and 痴补颈尘腻苍颈办补蝉 are similar to the 础蝉耻谤补办耻尘腻谤补蝉.
Notes (based on commentary of Abhayadeva S奴ri):
(There is no commentary available for this section).