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Chapter 1, Verses 18-19
It has been shown that the differentiation through number, type, etc., is elaborated in detail in the preceding sutra. Now, due to the distinctions in the method of producing knowledge through the senses, the internal distinctions of avagraha are explained:
“Neither through the eye nor through the mind, does the avagraha arise when the sense apparatus (the instrumental sense) engages with the subject.”
Just as a lame person requires a stick to walk, in the same way, the veiled consciousness of the soul, dependent on external influences, relies on the assistance of the senses and mind for the emergence of knowledge. Therefore, it requires external help from the senses and mind. All senses and the mind do not have the same inherent nature. Consequently, the manifestations of knowledge that arise through them do not occur in the same order. This order can be classified into two types: slow (mandakram) and quick (patukram).
In slow order, knowledge emerges along with the subject to be grasped when the sense apparatus (the perceiving instrument) is associated with the object of perception. Initially, the quantity of knowledge is so minimal that it leads to a general understanding of “this is something.”
For clarification on this, see Chapter 2, Section 17.