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The rules of session (36) refute the statement of sutra (35). Sutra (35) is entirely trivial and unnecessary. The revered one has quoted the following verse from Shatkhandagama 5.6.36 to clarify the rules of mundane bondage according to the Digambara tradition:
"Let there be bondage due to the quality of the great one that is not well-known, and let the poorly-known be not bound, whether it is equal or unequal." This verse includes the following points: 1. The bondage of those with a larger amount of qualities occurs in (a) similar particles; and (b) in dissimilar particles. 2. This rule does not include the qualities of the lowest in (a) similar particles; and (b) in dissimilar particles. These rules, in which the nature of mundane bondage as accepted by the Digambara tradition is well clarified, correlate well with the sutras (34) and (36). This makes it clear that sutra (35) is unnecessary. Since from the Digambara perspective the term 'quality equivalence' used in sutra 5:35 is trivial, the term 'same' must be removed from sutra 5:36, resulting in a slight variation in the text of sutra (37). Similarly, the term 'similarity' in sutra 5:35 has no correlation with these rules. Therefore, the interpretation of this term in Sarvarthasiddhi is quite convoluted.
The nature of session 5:35 is flawed and creates confusion instead of clarifying the nature of mundane bondage according to the Digambara doctrine, which proves that these sutras of Sarvarthasiddhi are not original. Sutra (35) appears to have been adopted without any special consideration in conjunction with other sessions. Hence, the term 'yadhikadi' seems to mean 'two excesses,' which is obsolete and inconsistent. Where the term 'two excesses' does not support any confusion, it has been adjusted to align with Shatkhandagama.
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