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The soul, the object of study in Samvasarana, is like the joint of the thumb. Many consider it to be as small as a grain of rice from the Shyamaka variety. Some consider it to be concrete, while others consider it to be abstract. Some say that the soul resides in the middle of the heart, while others say that it resides in the forehead. Thus, even regarding the soul, which is the most prominent of all substances, there is no single opinion or statement among the knowers. There is no one in the world who is exceptionally knowledgeable or extraordinarily wise whose words can be considered as proof. Even if there is someone who is exceptionally knowledgeable, they cannot be known by a person of limited knowledge, because it is said that one who is not omniscient cannot know the omniscient. Even if there is an omniscient, how can one who does not have knowledge equal to the omniscient, who is devoid of such knowledge, know the omniscient? They, being non-omniscient, cannot even know the means of knowing the omniscient. Therefore, due to the mutual dependence of the means and the object in knowing the omniscient, knowledge of the omniscient is not possible. For example, the omniscient can be known only if the means of knowing them is known, and the means of knowing the omniscient can be known only if one is omniscient oneself. Therefore, due to the mutual dependence of the knowledge of the means and the knowledge of the omniscient, it is completely impossible to know the omniscient through the means. Knowledge cannot fully explain the nature of the object of knowledge.
The object that is available and can be seen also has a middle part and a back part, but they are not visible because the middle part and the back part are obstructed by the front part, which is visible. Even if we imagine the middle part and the back part of the visible front part, and then imagine the parts adjacent to them, and so on, these imaginations will ultimately end at the atom, which is inherently very distant. Therefore, a non-omniscient person cannot know it. Without knowing it, the true knowledge of the object is also not available. Thus, due to the absence of an omniscient person, and due to the non-omniscient person's lack of knowledge of the true nature of the object, and due to the contradictory nature of the objects according to the principles of all knowers, and due to the increase in error with the increase in knowledge, ignorance is more beneficial. If an ignorant person hits someone on the head with their foot due to lack of knowledge, they are not considered to be as guilty because their mind is pure. Thus, the proponents of ignorance are incoherent and devoid of right knowledge. They are afflicted with mental confusion and doubt. Their objection that knowers are not correct because they present contradictory principles to each other is correct, because those who present contradictory principles believe in scriptures that are from non-omniscients, that are composed by non-omniscients. The contradictory principles they present do not invalidate all principles, because there is no contradiction in the statements of those who believe in the scriptures revealed by the omniscient, because omniscience cannot be established without it. The explanation is as follows: When the veil over knowledge is completely removed, there is no desire, aversion, or delusion, which is caused by false speech, and therefore the word of the omniscient is true. It cannot be called false. It is clear that those who have faith in the scriptures composed by the omniscient do not express contradictory meanings or intentions.
The skeptic raises a doubt, saying that if there is an omniscient, then this might be possible, but that is not the case, as has been said before. In response, they provide a solution, saying...