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The study of Samvasarana is also acquired through the perception of the living and non-living, along with its means. Experiencing happiness and suffering is called fruit, which is also a category of the living being, hence it falls under the living being. It should not be considered as a separate substance. Suffering takes the form of various obstacles, hence it is also not different from the fruit. That which is the severance of the tradition of birth and death and the destroyer of all suffering is called liberation. We Jains accept it in this form. What is this? Such indeterminate-uncertain knowledge is called doubt. It is also a quality of the soul, just like the knowledge of decision. That which is used, for the sake of which meaning a person is inclined, is called purpose, it is also a special form of desire, hence it is a quality of the soul. That meaning in which there is no difference of opinion between the opponent and the supporter is called an example, it is also other than the living and non-living - it is one, it is connected to one, hence its separate substantiality is not logical because believing so will lead to irrelevance? In Nyaya Darshan, it is later accepted by the perception of the components. There are four types of principles - such as (1) that meaning of one's own scripture which is not contradictory or unfavorable to all other scriptures, or is consistent, is called the universal principle. For example, touch etc. are senses and there are objects of touch etc. senses. The perception of the object by evidence is knowledge, these are universal principles. (2) The principle which is accepted in one scripture but not in other scriptures is called the relative principle, such as those who believe in Sankhya Darshan do not believe in the benefit of the self of the non-existent - the existence of the non-existent substance and the complete destruction of the existent substance. It has been said that the non-existent - the non-existent substance does not have existence and the absence of the existent substance is not non-existence. This principle is not accepted by other philosophies. (3) That which, when proved, proves other substances in a relevant way, is called the principle of argument. For example, there is a knower-knowing soul, different from the senses, because one meaning is perceived from sight and touch, there many meanings are perceived in a relevant way, such as the senses are different, they perceive their own definite objects. The perception of their own objects is the identification of their existence, they are the means of knowledge of the knower-soul
The substance which is the argument-support of those categories, different from the individual from the categories, is the substance. Consciousness is not fixed in its object, it does not have any fixed object, it is present in all objects. Here, after the first meaning is proved, all these meanings are proved on their own because without them, the first meaning is not possible, hence this is the principle of argument. (4) Accepting a meaning without examination-examination and then examining its characteristics is the principle of assumption, such as - in the context of the consideration of the word, someone says - the word may be a substance, but is it eternal or non-eternal? Considering in this way is the principle of assumption. These four principles accepted in Nyaya Darshan are not different from any particular knowledge - they are special forms of knowledge, therefore accepting them separately is illogical.
Now the components are described. Promise, reason, example, application and conclusion - these are the five components. The indication of the object - telling the meaning of the object is the promise. For example, saying that the word is eternal and saying that the word is non-eternal is a promise. That which makes the meaning contained in the promise known - makes it independent, is called the reason, such as the word is non-eternal because being born is its nature, here the nature of the word being born is the reason.