Sansar ya duniya ka mul ya arth yeh hai ki yeh karmon se bandhe hue jeevon ka mandir hai jahan hum apne karmo ka phal bhugte hain. Jain dharm mein:

• Sansar ki asli khoj ya mul: yeh sansarik bandhan (samsar) ka kshetra hai, jahan janm-maran, duhkha, anityata ki gatis hoti hain, aur yahi karmo ke phal ke roop me hota hai.
• Iska uddeshya: atma ki asli pehchaan karna aur moksha (param shanti, nirvana) ki or badhna. Iske liye sahi darshan (sadhu-samajh), sahi acharan (yoga, ahimsa, satya, brahmacharya, aparigraha) aur tīn ratno—Gyan, Darshan, Charitra—ka palan zaroori hai.
• Anek dharmaon ke anusar ek samaan drishtikon: Digambar aur Shwetambar dono ke liye sansar ki asatti aur dukh ki bhavna aur moksha ki avashyakta same rehti hai; dono param moksha ki or agrasar hote hain.

Saral shabd mein: sansar ek aisa jeevan-chor saakar hai jismein hum karmo ke bandhan ki wajah se bandhte hain, par iske antim uddeshya ke roop me moksha hi sabse mubarak phal hai.