[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) › [Uttarajjhayana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2) › 27 # Uttarajjhayana 27 Uttarajjhayaṇa 27 - **Language:** Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit ### [27.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2.27.1) there gaṇahare gagge munī āsi visārae | āinne gaṇibhāvaṃmi samāhiṃ paḍisaṃghae || > There was an elder, a gaṇadhara, Garga, a learned sage; / accustomed to the office of a gaṇin, he restored tranquility. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [27.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2.27.2) vahaṇe vahamāṇassa kaṃtāraṃ aivattaī | joe vahamāṇassa saṃsāro aivattaī || > For one carrying a load in a draught-vehicle, a wilderness is crossed; / for one carrying \[the burden\] in spiritual application, the cycle of rebirth is crossed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [27.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2.27.3) khaluṃke jo u joei vihammāṇo kilissaī | asamāhiṃ ca veei tottao ya se majjaī || > He who yokes an untrained, vicious beast is tormented while struggling; / he experiences disquiet, and it even crushes him with the goad. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [27.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2.27.4) egaṃ ḍasai pucchaṃmi egaṃ viṃdhai'bhikkhaṇaṃ | ego bhaṃjai samilaṃ ego uppahapaṭṭhio || > One bites its tail, one constantly kicks; / one breaks the yoke-pin, one sets off on the wrong road. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [27.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2.27.5) ego paḍai pāseṇaṃ nivesai nivajjaī | ukkuddai upphiḍaī saḍhe bālagavī vae || > One falls on its side, settles down, and lies down; / it leaps up and breaks loose—a rogue, behaving like a young cow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [27.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2.27.6) māī muddheṇa paḍai kuddhe gacchai paḍippahaṃ | mayalakkheṇa ciṭṭhaī vegeṇa ya pahāvaī || > A deceitful one falls on its head; an angry one goes in the opposite direction; / it stands still, pretending to be exhausted, and then rushes forward with speed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [27.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2.27.7) chinnāle chiṃdai selliṃ duddaṃto bhaṃjae jugaṃ | se vi ya sussuyāittā ujjahittā palāyae || > A wanton one snaps the tether; an unruly one breaks the yoke; / and pricking up its ears, casting off \[the yoke\], it bolts. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [27.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2.27.8) khaluṃkā jārisā jojjā dussīsā vi hu tārisā | joiyā dhammajāṇaṃmi bhajjaṃti dhiidubbalā || > Just as those yoke-beasts are vicious, so indeed are bad disciples; / when yoked to the vehicle of Dharma, weak in resolve, they break down. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [27.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2.27.9) iḍḍhīgāravie ege egettha rasagārave | sāyāgāravie ege ege sucirakohaṇe || > Here one is proud of supernatural power, another is proud of tasty food; / one is proud of pleasant comforts, another is irritable for a very long time. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [27.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2.27.10) bhikkhālasie ege ege omāṇabhīrue thaddhe | egaṃ ca anusāsaṃmi heūhiṃ kāraṇehi ya || > One is lazy in begging alms; another is fearful of disrespect and arrogant; / and when one is instructed with reasons and arguments, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [27.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2.27.11) so vi aṃtarabhāsillo dosameva pakuvvaī | āyariyāṇaṃ taṃ vayaṇaṃ paḍikūlei abhikkhaṇaṃ || > he too, prone to interrupting, only produces fault; / he continually opposes that word of the ācāryas: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [27.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2.27.12) na sā mamaṃ viyāṇāi na vi sā majjha dāhiī | niggayā hohiī manne sāhū annottha vaccau || > “She does not know me, nor indeed will she give to me; / I think she must have gone out; let another virtuous mendicant go there!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [27.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2.27.13) pesiyā paliuṃcaṃti te pariyaṃti samaṃtao | rāyaveṭṭhiṃ va mannaṃtā kareṃti bhiuḍiṃ muhe || > When sent on errands, they evade; they wander around on all sides; / regarding it as forced royal labor, they make a frown on their faces. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [27.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2.27.14) vāiyā saṃgahiyā ceva bhattapāṇe ya posiyā | jāyapakkhā jahā haṃsā pakkamaṃti disodisiṃ || > Though taught, received with care, and nourished with food and drink, / like geese whose wings have grown, they depart in every direction. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [27.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2.27.15) aha sārahī viciṃtei khaluṃkehiṃ samāgao | kiṃ majjha duṭṭhasīsehiṃ appā me avasīyaī || > Then the charioteer reflects, having met with vicious beasts: / “What is the use to me of wicked disciples? My own soul is suffering decline. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [27.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2.27.16) jārisā mama sīsāu tārisā galigaddahā | galigaddahe caittāṇaṃ daḍhaṃ parigiṇhaī tavaṃ || > Just as my disciples are, such are pack-donkeys;” / having abandoned the pack-donkeys, he firmly took up austerity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [27.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2.27.17) miu maddavasaṃpanne gaṃbhīre susamāhie | viharai mahiṃ mahappā sīlabhūeṇa appaṇā || –tti bemi || > Gentle, endowed with humility, profound, well-collected, / the great-souled one wanders the earth, having his self grounded in moral conduct. — Thus I speak. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (3) - [Uttarajjhayaṇa: Hindi translation (Dīparatnasāgara, 2019)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2~hi-deepratnasagar2019.27.1) — Hindi - [Uttarajjhayaṇa: Gujarati translation (Dīparatnasāgara, 2020)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2~gu-deepratnasagar2020.27.1) — Gujarati - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2~en-mt.27.1) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (5) - [Uttarajjhayaṇa: ṭīkānusārī vivecana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2!deepratnasagar.1371) — Muni Dīparatnasāgara 2000, Gujarati - [Uttarādhyayanaśiṣyahitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2!santisuri.v29.p129) — Śāntisūri, Sanskrit - [Sukhabodhā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2!devendragani.p644) — Devendragaṇi, Sanskrit - [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 ## Discussed in (3) - [Prakrit Proper Names (Āgamic Index I)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.v1.c5.s7.1075) — Mehta & Chandra 1970, English - [Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c21.39) — Meyer 1915, English - [Some Jaina Canonical Sūtras](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.law-1949.c27.211) — Law 1949, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2.27) · Pramāṇa