[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Jain Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina) › [The Śvetāmbara canon (Siddhānta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta) › [The twelve Aṅgas ("limbs")](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga) › [Viyahapannatti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5) › 5.3.223 # Viyahapannatti 5.3.223 Viyāhapannatti 5.3.223 - **Language:** Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit ### [5.3.223](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5.5.3.223) annautthiyā ṇaṃ bhaṃte! evamāikkhaṃti bhāsaṃti pannaveṃti parūveṃti–se jahānāmae jālagaṃṭhiyā siyā–ānupuvvigaḍhiyā anaṃtaragaḍhiyā paraṃparagaḍhiyā annamannagaḍhiyā, annamannagaruyattāe annamannabhāriyattāe annamannagaruya saṃbhāriyattāe annamannaghaḍattāe ciṭṭhai, evāmeva bahūṇaṃ jīvāṇaṃ bahūsu ājātisahassesu bahūiṃ āuyasahassāiṃ ānupuvvigaḍhiyāiṃ jāva ciṭṭhaṃti| ege vi ya ṇaṃ jīve egeṇaṃ samaeṇaṃ do āuyāiṃ paḍisaṃvedei, taṃ jahā –ihabhaviyāuyaṃ ca, parabhaviyāuyaṃ ca| jaṃ samayaṃ ihabhaviyāuyaṃ paḍisaṃvedei, taṃ samayaṃ parabhaviyāuyaṃ paḍisaṃvedei| jaṃ samayaṃ parabhaviyāuyaṃ paḍisaṃvedei, taṃ samayaṃ ihabhaviyāuyaṃ paḍisaṃvedei | ihabhaviyāuyassa paḍisaṃvedaṇayāe parabhaviyāuyaṃ paḍisaṃvedei, parabhaviyāuyassa paḍisaṃvedaṇayāe ihabhaviyāuyaṃ paḍisaṃvedei| evaṃ khalu ege jīve egeṇaṃ samaeṇaṃ do āuyāiṃ paḍisaṃvedei, taṃ jahā –ihabhaviyāuyaṃ ca, parabhaviyāuyaṃ ca| se kahameyaṃ bhaṃte! evaṃ? goyamā! jaṇṇaṃ taṃ annautthiyā taṃ ceva jāva parabhaviyāuyaṃ ca| je te evamāhaṃsu taṃ micchā, ahaṃ puṇa goyamā! evamāikkhāmi bhāsāmi pannavemi parūvemi– se jahānāmae jālagaṃṭhiyā siyā–ānupuvvi gaḍhiyā anaṃtaragaḍhiyā paraṃparagaḍhiyā annamannagaḍhiyā, annamannagaruyattāe annamannabhāriyattāe annamanna-garuyasaṃbhāriyattāe annamannaghaḍattāe ciṭṭhaṃti, evāmeva evamegassa jīvassa bahūhiṃ ājātisahassehiṃ bahūiṃ āuyasahassāiṃ ānupuvvigaḍhiyāiṃ jāva ciṭṭhaṃti| ege vi ya ṇaṃ jīve egeṇaṃ samaeṇaṃ egaṃ āuyaṃ paḍisaṃvedei, taṃ0 ihabhaviyāuyaṃ vā, parabhaviyāuyaṃ vā jaṃ samayaṃ ihabhaviyāuyaṃ paḍisaṃvedei, no taṃ samayaṃ parabhaviyāuyaṃ paḍisaṃvedei| jaṃ samayaṃ parabhaviyāuyaṃ paḍisaṃvedei, no taṃ samayaṃ ihabhaviyāuyaṃ paḍisaṃvedei| ihabhaviyāuyassa paḍisaṃvedanāe, no parabhaviyāuyaṃ paḍisaṃvedei| parabhaviyāuyassa paḍisaṃvedanāe, no ihabhaviyāuyaṃ paḍisaṃvedei| evaṃ khalu ege jīve egeṇaṃ samaeṇaṃ egaṃ āuyaṃ paḍisaṃvedei, taṃ0–ihabhaviyāuyaṃ vā, parabhaviyāuyaṃ vā| > “Venerable Sir, the adherents of other sects declare, speak, explain, and assert thus: > ‘Just as a knot of a net might be tied in succession, tied immediately next, tied continuously, tied to one another, existing by virtue of mutual heaviness, mutual weight, mutual heavy burdensomeness, and mutual coherence; in the very same way, for many souls across many thousands of births, many thousands of lifespans exist tied in succession, and so forth. > And a single soul experiences two lifespans in a single instant, namely: the lifespan of the present existence and the lifespan of the next existence. > At the instant it experiences the lifespan of the present existence, at that instant it experiences the lifespan of the next existence. > At the instant it experiences the lifespan of the next existence, at that instant it experiences the lifespan of the present existence. > Through the experiencing of the lifespan of the present existence, it experiences the lifespan of the next existence; > through the experiencing of the lifespan of the next existence, it experiences the lifespan of the present existence. > Thus indeed, a single soul experiences two lifespans in a single instant, namely: the lifespan of the present existence and the lifespan of the next existence.’ > How is this, Venerable Sir? Is it so?” > “Gautama! That which the adherents of other sects \[declare\] up to ‘and the lifespan of the next existence’—what they have stated in this way is false. But I, Gautama, declare, speak, explain, and assert thus: > Just as a knot of a net might be tied in succession, tied immediately next, tied continuously, tied to one another, existing by virtue of mutual heaviness, mutual weight, mutual heavy burdensomeness, and mutual coherence; in the very same way, for a single soul across many thousands of births, many thousands of lifespans exist tied in succession, and so forth. > And a single soul experiences one lifespan in a single instant, namely: either the lifespan of the present existence or the lifespan of the next existence. > At the instant it experiences the lifespan of the present existence, it does not at that instant experience the lifespan of the next existence. > At the instant it experiences the lifespan of the next existence, it does not at that instant experience the lifespan of the present existence. > Through the experiencing of the lifespan of the present existence, it does not experience the lifespan of the next existence; > through the experiencing of the lifespan of the next existence, it does not experience the lifespan of the present existence. > Thus indeed, a single soul experiences one lifespan in a single instant, namely: either the lifespan of the present existence or the lifespan of the next existence.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.2.222](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5.5.2.222) - [Next: 5.3.224](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5.5.3.224) - [Up: 5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5.5.3) ## Translations (3) - [Viyāhapannatti: Hindi translation (Dīparatnasāgara, 2019)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5~hi-deepratnasagar2019.5.3.223) — Hindi - [Viyāhapannatti: Gujarati translation (Dīparatnasāgara, 2020)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5~gu-deepratnasagar2020.5.3.223) — Gujarati - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5~en-mt.5.3.223) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (2) - [Viyāhapannatti: ṭīkānusārī vivecana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5!deepratnasagar.343) — Muni Dīparatnasāgara 2000, Gujarati - [Bhagavatīvṛtti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5!abhayadeva.v5.p229) — Abhayadeva Sūri, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5.5.3.223](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5.5.3.223) · Pramāṇa