[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 Mūlasūtras ("root texts")](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula) › [Uttarajjhayaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2) › [Sukhabodha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2!devendragani) › p253 # Uttarajjhayana p253 Sukhabodhā p253 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [p253](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2!devendragani.p253) xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox-OX māṇusataṃ bhave mūlaṃ, lābho devagaī bhave | mūlaccheeṇa jīvāṇaṃ, ṇaragati rikkhattaṇaṃ dhuvaṃ || 16 || vyākhyā – 'mānuṣatvaṃ' manujatvaṃ 'bhavet' syāt mūlamiva 'mūlaṃ' svargāpavargātmakataduttarottaralābha hetutayā, tathā lābha iva 'lābha:' manujagatyapekṣayā viṣayasukhādibhirviśiṣṭatvāt 'devagatiḥ' devatvāvāptirbhavet | evaṃ ca sthite kim ? ityāha'mūlacchedena' manuṣyagatihānyātmakena 'jīvānāṃ' prāṇināṃ 'narakatiryaktvaṃ' narakatvaṃ tiryaktvaṃ ca tadgatyātmakaṃ 'bhuvaṃ' niścitam | ihāpi sampradāyaḥ - 1 tinni saṃsāriṇo sattā māṇussesu bhavesu āgayā | tatthego saṃjameṇa laddhamaddavajjavāiguṇasaṃpanno majjhimāraṃbhapariggahajutto kālaṃ kāūṇa kāhāvaṇasahassamūlatthāṇīyaṃ tameva māṇusattaṃ paḍilabhai | bīo puṇa sammadaṃsaṇacarittaguṇaparisuṭṭhio sarāgasaṃjameṇa laddhalābhavaṇio va devesu uvavanno | taio puṇa "hiṃse bāle musāvāī" icceehiṃ puvabhaṇiehiṃ sāvajjajogehiṃ baṭṭiuṃ chinnamūlavaṇiya iva naragesu tiriesu vā uvavajjai vi sūtrārthaḥ || 16 || yathā mūlacchedena nārakatiryaktvaprāptistathā svayaṃ sūtrakṛdāha duhao gatī bālassa, āvaī vahamūliyā | devattaṃ māṇusattaṃ ca, jaṃ jie lolayā saḍhe || 17 || vyākhyā - "duhao" tti 'dvidhā' dviprakārā 'gatiḥ' sā ca prakramāt narakagatiḥ tiryaggatiśca 'bālasya' rāgadveṣā| bhyāmākulitasya bhavatīti gamyate | tatra ca gatasya " āvai" tti āpat, sā ca kīdṛśī ? vadhaḥ - vināśo vā tāḍanaṃ mūlam - ādiryasyāḥ sā tathā, mūlagrahaṇāt chedabhedātibhārāropaṇādiparigrahaḥ | anubhavanti hi narakatiryakṣu jantavo vividhā vadhādyāpadaḥ | uktaśca – “chijjati tikkhasatthehiṃ, ḍajyaṃte paramaggiṇā | sīuṇhehiṃ vilijjaṃti, nippīlijjaṃti jaṃtae || 1 || 1 "chidyante tīkṣṇaśastraiḥ dahyante paramābhinā | śītoṣṇairbilīyante, nipīlyante yatrake || 1 || saptamaṃ auraśrīyamadhyayanam | dharmaviṣayā upamā | - [Previous: p252](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2!devendragani.p252) - [Next: p254](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2!devendragani.p254) ## Linked texts (1) - [Uttarajjhayaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2.128.1.16_4) — Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2!devendragani.p253](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2!devendragani.p253) · Pramāṇa