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(5) This introduction of the four copies clearly shows how much difference there is between the two original copies. The verses that are given in one copy as commentary, etc., are found in the other copy in the original form. Similarly, the verses that were quoted from other texts in both commentaries in the form of 'Uktan Cha' etc. and made a part of the commentary, were made a part of the original by the writers of the said original copies or the copies before them. Although, from this introduction, there is no need to tell anyone that the 40 verses that are added in the first original copy and the 17 verses that are made a part of the original in the second original copy are not all verses of the original text; but are only parts of the commentary - a knowledgeable reader can easily reach this conclusion from the position of these verses in the text, their relationship with the previous and subsequent verses, their availability in the commentaries, the literary context of the text, the style of presentation of the text, the nature of Samantabhadra's original texts and his experience regarding the verses etc. of other texts - that they are all verses of other texts and have been interpolated in these copies and other copies like them in some way - yet, for the satisfaction of ordinary readers, it would not be inappropriate to reveal here, by way of example, in relation to some verses, which texts they are verses of and what is their position in this text. Therefore, a little of the same is presented below.
a- These two verses, 'Suryaay Grahanasnanam', 'Goprishtantanamaskarah', are verses of the sixth Aswas of the Yasastilak text and are found in its fourth Kalpa. In the second original copy, although they are given below as commentary, yet in the first original copy, they are given before the verse 'Apagasagarasnanam' to indicate that these are verses indicative of Lokamudhata and, in this way, the author has given three verses of Lokamudhata. But this is not the case. The author has given the remaining two mudhatas
* This introduction is given from the note that we prepared with the help of Pt. Shantirajji while observing the Jain Siddhantabhavan, Ara.
+ It seems against the nature of Swami Samantabhadra's original texts that some verses in both the original copies are made a part of the text in the form of 'Uktan Cha'.