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Matiśrutayornibandhaḥ sarvadravyesvasarvaparyā— yesu || 27 ||
Mati-jñāna and Śruta-jñāna can access all kinds of matter but
their limited modes only. ( Then, too, Mati-jñāna being limited to the present only, accesses much lesser modes than Śruta-jñāna that accesses their past, present and future modes, though to a limited extent. (27)
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Rūpisvavadheḥ || 28 ||
Avadhi-jñāna or clairvoyant perception can perceive only formed material objects. (28)
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Tadanantabhāge Manaḥparyāyasya || 29 || Manahaparyaya-jñāna can access only an infinitesimal portion of those objects that can be accessed by Avadhi-jñāna. (the reason being that Avadhi-jñāna can access all formed objects but Manahaparyāya-jñāna can access the thoughts only). (29)
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Sarvadravyaparyāyesu Kevalasya || 30 ||
Kevala-jñāna or omniscience can access all kinds of matter in all their modes - past present and future. (30)
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Ekādīni bhājyāni yugapadekasminnā caturbhyaḥ || In a soul there can possibly be present from one to four types of perceptions at any given point of time. (However, they operate only one at a time and not collectively). (31)
False-Knowledge –
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Matiśrutāvadhayo viparyayaśca ||32||
The sensory, scriptural and clairvoyant perceptions can be false, as well.
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