A panchAstikAyasangrah paramAgam sharU karatAn shAstrakartAe tene ‘sarvagna mahAmuninA mukhathI kahevAyelA padArthonun pratipAdak, chaturgatinAshak ane nirvANanun kAraN’ kahyun chhe. temAn kahelA vastutattvano sAr A pramANe chhe —
vishva eTale anAdi-anant svayamsiddha sat evI anantAnant vastuono samudAy. temAnI pratyek vastu anutpanna ane avinAshI chhe. pratyek vastumAn anant shaktio athavA guNo chhe, je trikALik nitya chhe. pratyek vastu pratikShaN potAmAn potAnun kArya karatI hovA chhatAn arthAt navIn dashAo — avasthAo — paryAyo dharatI hovA chhatAn te paryAyo evI maryAdAmAn rahIne thAy chhe ke vastu potAnI jAtane chhoDatI nathI arthAt tenI shaktiomAnthI ek paN ghaTatI – vadhatI nathI. vastuonI ( – dravyonI) bhinnabhinna shaktionI apekShAe temanI ( – dravyonI) chha jAtio chhe jIvadravya, pudgaladravya, dharmadravya, adharmadravya, AkAshadravya ane kALadravya. jenAmAn sadA gnAn, darshan, chAritra, sukh vagere anant guNo ( – shaktio) hoy chhe te jIvadravya chhe; jenAmAn sadA varNa, gandh, ras, sparsha vagere anant guNo hoy chhe te pudgaladravya chhe; bAkInAn chAr dravyonA vishiShTa guNo anukrame gatihetutva, sthitihetutva, avagAhahetutva ane vartanAhetutva chhe. A chha dravyomAnthI pahelAn pAnch dravyo sat hovAthI tem ja shakti athavA vyakti-apekShAe moTA kShetravALAn hovAthI ‘astikAy’ chhe; kALadravya ‘asti’ chhe paN ‘kAy’ nathI.
jinendranA gnAnadarpaNamAn jhaLakatAn A sarva dravyo — anant jIvadravyo, anantAnant pudgaladravyo, ek dharmadravya, ek adharmadravya, ek AkAshadravya ane asankhya kALadravyo — svayam paripUrNa chhe ane anya dravyothI taddan svatantra chhe; teo ekabIjA sAthe paramArthe kadI maLatAn nathI, bhinna ja rahe chhe. dev, manuShya, tiryanch, nArak, ekendriy, dvIndriy vagere jIvomAn jIv-pudgal jANe ke maLI gayA hoy em lAge chhe paN kharekhar em nathI; teo taddan pRuthak chhe. sarva jIvo anant gnAnasukhanA nidhi hovA chhatAn, par dvArA temane kAI sukhadukh nahi thatun hovA chhatAn, sansArI agnAnI jIv anAdi kALathI svata agnAnaparyAye pariNamI potAnA gnAnAnandasvabhAvane, paripUrNatAne, svAtantryane ane astitvane paN bhUlI rahyo chhe tathA par padArthone sukhadukhanA kAraN mAnI temanA pratye rAgadveSh karyA kare chhe; jIvanA AvA bhAvonA nimitte pudgalo svata gnAnAvaraNAdikarmaparyAye pariNamI jIvanI sAthe sanyogamAn Ave chhe ane tethI anAdi kALathI jIvane paudgalik dehano sanyog thayA kare