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## The Sutra Kritanga Sutra
This analogy is given with respect to a man who has thousands of coins. That man who has only one coin proves the universally accepted meaning because, compared to the man who has thousands of coins, the man who has only one coin is undoubtedly poor. If you call the man who has one coin poor with respect to the men who have thousands of coins, then it is not correct because, compared to the men who do not have even one coin, who wear worn-out clothes, the man who has one coin is also wealthy. If you call the soul inactive or actionless with respect to the action of a specific powerful man, then there is no harm or obstacle, but if you call the soul inactive with respect to the general public, then it is not appropriate because, with respect to the general public, the soul is active and functioning. Now, to say more on this subject would be too irrelevant, so it is not necessary to say it.
Therefore, according to the previous discussion, even in the case of a tree that is not certain to bear fruit and does not bear fruit definitely - which does not bear fruit at the right time, bears fruit before or after - there is no lack of treehood. It is a tree. The tree is not different from the tree, etc. This analogy should be nurtured here - understood as it is. Similarly, the fact that a cow does not give milk at all or that a cow gives a small amount of milk does not prove the absence of cowhood, i.e., it cannot be assumed that they are not cows. They are cows. This example should be used to nurture the truth contained therein. The truth should be established by comparison.
**Santi**
**Five great elements, these are declared here.**
**The sixth is the soul, they say, the soul and the world are eternal.**
**Translation:** Many proponents - theorists - declare that in this world there are five great elements, earth, etc. The sixth is the soul. They further declare that the soul and the world are eternal.
**Commentary:** To present the view of the soul-sixth-ists as the opposing view, the author says, "Santi" - they exist, "five great elements" - earth, etc., "here" - in this world, "of these" - the Vedic proponents, the Samkhya, and the Shaiva authorities - this has been declared or the elements have been declared. These proponents say this - they have declared this, as "the soul is the sixth" - those for whom the soul is the sixth, those are the soul-sixth elements that exist. And these soul-sixth elements, just as they are impermanent for other proponents, so also for these, he shows. The soul, "and the world" - in the form of earth, etc., "eternal" - imperishable. There, the soul's pervasiveness and formlessness, like that of space, are its eternality, and the earth, etc., are imperishable due to their non-decay in that form.