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# Uttarajjhayana 199.8

Uttarajjhayaṇa 199.8

- **Language:** Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit

### [199.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2.199.8)

3 dhammasaddhāe -aṃ bhante jīve kiṃ jaṇayai | dhammasaḍdhāe

> Sir, what does the soul obtain by the desire of the Law? By the desire of the Law the soul becomes indifferent to pleasures and happiness to which he was attached; he abandons the life of householders, and as a houseless monk he puts an end to all pains of body and mind, which consist in (the suffering of) cutting, piercing, union (with unpleasant things), &c.; and he obtains unchecked happiness. (3)  
> — Hermann Jacobi 1895, Uttarâdhyayana Sûtra (Gaina Sûtras II, SBE 45)

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## Translations (1)

- [Uttarâdhyayana Sûtra (Gaina Sûtras II, SBE 45)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2~en-jacobi.29.3-2) — Hermann Jacobi 1895, English

## Commentaries (5)

- [Uttarajjhayaṇanijjutti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2!niryukti) — Bhadrabāhu & Bhadrabāhu II, Māhārāṣṭrī Prakrit
- [Uttarajjhayaṇacuṇṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2!curni) — Jinadāsagaṇi Mahattara, Māhārāṣṭrī Prakrit
- [Uttarādhyayanaśiṣyahitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2!santisuri) — Śāntisūri, Sanskrit
- [Sukhabodhā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2!devendragani) — Devendragaṇi, Sanskrit
- [Uttarajjhayaṇa: ṭīkānusārī vivecana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2!deepratnasagar) — Muni Dīparatnasāgara, Gujarati

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