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Shri Sutrakritanga Sutram. They expound the opposite nature, propound false meanings. Lokavada (worldly doctrine) also propounds the opposite meaning and untruth. It is a follower of the same - it follows or imitates them.
"The world is infinite, eternal, does not perish.
The wise perceives the world as finite and eternal." (6)
Commentary: To illustrate the perverted intellect of the proponents of the Lokavada, the author says that this world is said to be infinite, i.e., without an end, eternal, i.e., not subject to destruction, and does not perish. That is, whatever is in this existence, the same continues to exist even in the next existence, just as a man remains a man and a woman remains a woman. Or, it is infinite, i.e., without any limit or boundary, and eternal, i.e., devoid of origination and destruction, of uniform nature, and ever-existing. And it is eternal, i.e., it does not abandon its essential nature of being a paramanu (atom) even when it becomes a dyad or triad, etc. Therefore, it does not perish. This is said with reference to space, soul, etc.
The world is finite, i.e., has a limit, and eternal, i.e., of uniform nature - such a view is held by some daring theorists, as Vyasa and others, who propound an unreal nature of things.
One should listen to the views of the Lokavada. This is connected to the present verse.