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Chapter 1 - Verse 20
Alternatively, as far as the distinct aspects are concerned, they should be discussed only in the context of the expectation of possibility. [18-19]
Now it explains the nature of scriptural knowledge and its distinctions: "The intellect should not be dismissed!" 205
Scriptural knowledge occurs with intellect. It is of two types; it can be of many kinds and of twelve kinds.
Intellectual knowledge is the cause, and scriptural knowledge is the effect, as scriptural knowledge arises from intellectual knowledge. Therefore, scriptural knowledge is said to be governed by intellect. The intellectual understanding of a subject must necessarily precede the scriptural knowledge of that subject. Hence, intellectual knowledge is said to uphold and fulfill scriptural knowledge. Intellectual knowledge is the cause of scriptural knowledge, but it is an external cause. Its internal cause is the destruction of the obscuring conditions of scriptural knowledge, because even if there is intellectual understanding of a subject, if there is no destruction of the obscuration, that subject cannot have scriptural knowledge. - Now, just as the help of the senses and the mind is expected in the arising of scriptural knowledge akin to intellectual knowledge, then what is the difference between the two? As long as the distinction of possibility is not clearly known, the assertion that scriptural knowledge is governed by intellect holds no special meaning. Similarly, by stating that the cause of intellectual knowledge is the destruction of the obscuring karmas of intellect, and the cause of scriptural knowledge is the destruction of the obscuring karmas of scriptural knowledge, no distinction between the two is brought to mind, as the distinction of destruction is not comprehensible to ordinary intelligence.