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Bhagavai 3:6:222-230
- 139:goyamā! no tahābhävam jānai-pāsai, annahābhāvam jānai-pāsai. Does that ascetic, O Lord! know and see what is true or what is not true? O Gautama! he does not know and see what is true, but he knows and sees
what is not true. 3.230 se kenarthenam bhamte! evam vuccai—no tahābhāvam jānai-pāsai? annahā
bhāvam jānui-pāsai? goyamā! tassa khalu evam bhavati--esa khalu vāņārasi nagari, esa khalu räyagihe nagare, esa khalu amtarā ege maham janavayagge, no khalu esa maham vīriyaladdhi veuvviyaladdhi vibhamganāņaladdhi iddhi jutī jase bale vīrie purisakkara-parakkame laddhe patte abhisamannāgae. sesa damsana-vivaccāse bhavati. se tenatthenam goyamā! evam vuccai--no tahābhāvam jāņai-pāsai, annahābhāvam jāņai-pāsai. From what standpoint, O Lord! is it said that he does not know and see what is true, but he knows and sees what is not true? O Gautama! it occurs to him: 'this is the city of Vārāṇasī, this is the city of Rājagsha, this is a big countryside in between the cities of Vārāṇasī and Rājagsha. It is not my energy power-potential, protean power-potential and deluded clairvoyance power-potential. This is not indeed the supernormal power, effulgence, yaśa, strength, energy and manly valour, secured, obtained and attained (on account of the fruition) by me'. This is his perversity of perception. For this reason, O Gautama! has it been said that he does not know and see what is true, he knows and sees what is not true.
Bhāsya 1. Sūtras 222-230
In the present section, there are three dialogues, which give three illustrations of deluded view. The creation of corporeal bodies is done by the protean powerpotential. The energy power-potential is auxiliary condition, which is indispensable in all kinds of activities of soul. The Pannavanā mentions four causes of karmic bondage, viz., deceit, greed, anger and pride; activated by energy, they lead to karmic bondage.!
The deluded clairvoyance power-potential is not a causal factor in the protean power-potential. Here the former has been associated with the latter in order to explain the epistemological aspect of the situation. Here the energy power-potential and the protean power-potential are not the main subjects of discussion. The main subject is the 'perversion of faith'(i.e., deluded view), which is connected with the deluded clairvoyance. Clairvoyance is an extra-sensory perception which when influenced by the rise of view-deluding karma becomes vitiated and is called vibharga jñāna (i.e. deluded clairvoyance).
The Vrttiexplains perversity of view' as 'confusing the properties of two different objects', just like a direction-deluded person, mistaking the 'East' for the
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