Verse ४
जीवाजीवाश्रवबन्धसंवरनिर्जरामोक्षास्तत्त्वम्॥४॥
jīvājīvāsrava-bandha-saṁvara-nirjarā-mokṣās-tattvam
Simple Meaning · सरल अर्थ
सात तत्त्व ये हैं: जीव, अजीव, आस्रव, बन्ध, संवर, निर्जरा, और मोक्ष।
The seven *tattvas* (categories of reality) are: soul, non-soul, influx (of karma), bondage, stoppage (of new karma), shedding (of accumulated karma), and liberation.
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Sources
- 1. — Acharya Pujyapada — extensive analysis of each category, why this set of seven, and why merit/demerit are contained within bandha rather than separate.
- 2. — Acharya Kundakunda — extended treatment of how jīva becomes entangled with karma and how it returns to its pure nature.
Working draft. Citations point to primary Jain texts; the modern English framing and verse numbering are project work. If anything here is wrong, please flag it.