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## Karika 103] Devagam
**97** The fruit of the group of knowledge, beginning with perception, is the understanding of acceptance and rejection, and the disregard mentioned earlier is also its (interrupted) fruit, and the destruction of ignorance about its own subject is the (uninterrupted or direct) fruit of this entire group of knowledge, which is in the form of proof.
**103** The word 'syāt' (an indeclinable) used in the sentences of both you (Arhan) and the Shruta Kevalis, is considered to be indicative of anekanta due to its connection with meaning, and also indicative of the intended meaning (gamya-bodhya). Otherwise, the understanding of the meaning of anekanta would not be possible.
**Explanation:** The characteristic of rejecting all absolute affirmations, such as 'sat' (being), 'asat' (non-being), 'nitya' (eternal), 'anitya' (non-eternal), etc., is called 'anekanta'. And the name 'vakya' (sentence) is given to the collection of words that are relative to each other within the sentence and independent of the words in other sentences. Any other sentences that are conceived by the opponents, which are different from this characteristic of vakya, are not faultless but are full of contradictions. In Vakyapadi (2, 1-2), while informing about the contradictions and different opinions of the logicians regarding vakya, ten types of vakyas are mentioned, whose names are (1) Akhyatashabda, (2) Sanghata, (3) Jati Sanghatavartini,
**1.** 'Dyotakasch bhavanti nipatah' (Ashta Sahasri) - that is, the indeclinable words are not only indicative but also indicative of (meaning different from the original meaning).
**2.** Vakyantaargatapadanirapeksha (Ashta Sahasri, page 285 note).