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ÀYĀRO
3. Sejjaṁ puna jānejjā -
Sahasammuiyãe, Paravågaraņeņam Annesimi vã amtie soccā, tam jaha - Puratthimão vá disão ágao ahamamsi, Dakkhiņão vā disão ágao ahamamsi, Paccatthimão vá disão ágao ahamamsi, Uttarão vā disão ágao ahamamsi, Uddhão va disão ägao ahamamsi, Ahe vā disão āgao ahamamsi, Annayario vã disão agao ahamamsi,
Anudisão vã āgao ahamamsi. 3. (i) By recollecting himself the (details of) his previous
birth (or births) or (ii) Through exposition by one who commands direct
knowledge (para)? or (iii) By hearing from someone (who has gained his know
ledge from one who commands direct knowledge). some (people) acquire knowledge such as - "I have migrated (to this world) from the eastern
direction, or from the southern direction, or from the western direction, or from the northern direction, or from the direction above, or from the direction below, or from any other direction, or from any intermediate direction.
ANNOTATION 3: The soul, being devoid of all material qualities viz. colour, odour, taste and touch, is not perceptible to any of the sense-organs or any other physical instrument of knowledge. Such entities which are beyond our sensory perception can be known either through one's own extra-sensory knowledge or through the revealation made by a person possessing transcendental knowledge.
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Para denotes here any of those persons who have Extrasensory or Transcendental Knowledge,
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