Laghutattvasphota

SR No.: 001614
Original Sutra Author: Amrutchandracharya
Author: Padmanabh S Jaini, Dalsukh Malvania, Nagin J Shah
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad
Publication Year: 1978
Total Pages: 308
Language: English, Sanskrit
Classification: Book_English, Religion, & Philosophy
File Size: 17 MB

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श्रीमदमृतचन्द्रविरचितः awareness of this (fact); but you comprehend these modes in totality. (12) (87]
न ते विभक्ति विदधाति भूयसी मिथो विभक्ताऽप्यपवादसंहतिः । सुसंहितद्रव्यमहिम्नि पुष्कले महोमिमालेव निलीयतेऽम्बुधौ ॥१३॥
na te vibhaktim vidadhāti bhūyası
mitho vibhaktā apy apavādasamhatih / susamhitadravyamahimni puşkale
mahormimāleva niliyate 'mbudhau ||13||
Even very large collections of words - inadequate as they are - mutually arranged in (all possible) combinations, are not able to bring out the distinctions of your infinite aspects. As a series of waves, however huge, merges and disappears in the ocean, so are these words (lost) in relation to the majesty of the substance (i. e. your soul), (which is) fully integrated (with its qualities and aspects). (13) [88]
विभो विधानप्रतिषेधनिर्मितां स्वभावसीमानममूमलनयन् । त्वमेवमेकोऽयमशुक्लशुक्लवन्न जात्वपि द्वयात्मकतामपोहसि ॥१४॥
vibho vidhānapratiședhanirmitām
svabhāvasīmānam amūm alanghayan / tvam evam eko’yam aśuklaśuklavan
na jātvapi dvyātmakatām apohasi ||14|| O Omniscient One! You alone (among teachers) do not transgress the natural boundary (of reality), whose law is (that all things embody both) the positive and negative aspects. You never abandon the (doctrine of) essential duality, as seen in the example of) black and white (i.e. "black" is white relative to something blacker, and “white" is black relative to something whiter). (14) [89]
भवत्सु भावेषु विभाव्यतेऽस्तिता तथाऽभवत्सु प्रतिभाति वा (ना) स्तिता । त्वमस्तिनास्तित्वसमुच्चयेन नः प्रकाशमानो न तनोषि विस्मयम् ॥१५॥ bhavatsu bhāveșu vibhāvyate’stitā
tathā'bhavatsu pratibhāti v(n)āstita tvam astināstitvasamuccayena naḥ
prakāśamāno na tanosi vismayam //15//
Existence (of a substance) is perceived because of the arising of (new) states. Similarly, non-existence is perceived on account of (old) states disappearing. (Although) shining simultaneously with (both of) these (apparently contra