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________________ Lord Vimalanātha यथैकशः कारकमर्थसिद्धये समीक्ष्य शेषं स्वसहायकारकम् । तथैव सामान्यविशेषमातृका नयास्तवेष्टा गुणमुख्यकल्पतः ॥ (13-2-62) सामान्यार्थ - हे भगवन् ! आपके मत में जिस प्रकार एक-एक कारण - उपादान कारण अथवा निमित्त कारण - अपने सिवाय दूसरे सहकारी कारक की अपेक्षा करके ही किसी कार्य की सिद्धि के लिए समर्थ होते हैं वैसे ही सामान्य धर्म तथा विशेष धर्म को प्रगट करने वाले नय भी एक को मुख्य तथा दूसरे को गौण कहने की अपेक्षा से ही इष्ट हैं अर्थात् कार्य की सिद्धि के लिए समर्थ हैं। Just as the two mutually supportive causes, the substantial cause (upādāna kartā) and the instrumental cause (nimitta kartā), result in the accomplishment of the desired objective, in the same way, your doctrine that postulates two kinds of attributes in a substance, general (sāmānya) and specific (visesa), and ascertains its particular characteristic (naya) depending on what is kept as the primary consideration for the moment while keeping the other attributes in the background, not negating their existence in any way, accomplishes the desired objective.* *All objects have two kinds of qualities – the general (sāmānya), and the specific (visesa). The general qualities express the genus (jāti) or the general attributes, and the specific qualities describe the constantly changing conditions or modes. In a hundred pitchers, the general 87
SR No.007721
Book TitleSwayambhustotra
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorVijay K Jain
PublisherVikalp
Publication Year2015
Total Pages246
LanguageEnglish, Hindi, Sanskrit
ClassificationBook_English & Book_Devnagari
File Size3 MB
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