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[358] [Jivajivaabhigamsutra Gautam! This meaning is not valid. Bhagavan! Just as Kinnaras, Kimpurushas, Mahoragas and Gandharvas reside in Bhadrashalavana, Nandanaavana, Somanasavana and Pandakavana, who are seated in the caves of the Himalayas, Malaya Mountains or Mount Meru, who are gathered in one place, who are seated facing each other, who are comfortably seated without rubbing against each other, who are situated in the same place, who are delighted and engrossed in play, who have a liking for songs and whose minds are delighted by performing Gandharva Natya etc., their eight types of songs, namely, prose, poetry, narrative, structured (one-letter form), foot-bound (four parts of a verse), thrown (first started), promoter (from the first beginning, thrown upwards), slow (slow in the middle part), these eight types of songs, songs with an interesting ending, songs with seven notes, songs with literary flavors, songs free from six defects, songs with eleven ornaments, songs with eight qualities, songs sung with the melodious sound of a flute, songs attached to raga, songs pure in three places - chest, throat, head, sweet, even, graceful, songs sung with a flute on one side and a stringed instrument (veena) on the other, with harmony between the two, songs with rhythm, songs with rhythm, songs with notes (sung according to the pre-determined notes of the flute, stringed instrument etc.), beautiful, soft and melodious (matching the notes of the stringed instrument etc.), songs with a flow of words, songs that give pleasure to the listeners, songs with beautiful bends of the limbs, songs of the best beauty, what is the sound that comes out of the mouths of those Kinnaras etc. who sing such divine songs? Yes Gautam! The sound produced by the vibration of those grasses and gems is of this kind. Discussion - In that forest area, the sound that comes out when the grasses and gems are vibrated and driven by the wind is described in this sutra section. Shri Gautam Swami has mentioned three similes for that level. The first simile is - a palanquin (shibika or jumpan) or a war chariot adorned with various types of weapons, whose wheels are studded with iron plates, which is equipped with excellent horses and a charioteer, which is equipped with an umbrella and a flag, which is equipped with large bells on both sides, in which there is a Nandighosh (the sound of twelve types of instruments) - such a chariot or palanquin when it moves rapidly in the royal court, in the inner apartments or in the courtyard studded with gems, what is the sound like that of those grasses and gems? The Lord said - No / It is even more desirable, radiant, dear, pleasing and beautiful that sound / After this, Shri Gautam Swami mentioned the second simile / It is as follows - O Bhagavan! In the morning or in the evening, the Vaitalika (Mangalpathika) Veena (which is played even without rhythm - when it is equipped with the seventh murcchana called Uttarmanda of the Gandharva note, when the skilled player of that Veena establishes that Veena well in his lap and plays it with a playing stick made of sandalwood essence, then the sound that comes out of that Veena, which satisfies the ears and mind, is that the sound of those grasses and gems? There are seven murcchana of the Gandharva note - Nandi, Y, Khutti, Ma, Puri, Ya or the fourth Asuddhgandhara. Uttar Gandhara is the fifth murcchana // 1 //