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This is the study of the Shri Gatha. It reveals the right path and saves people from going to hell. They are free from attachment, aversion, and delusion. Therefore, they do not speak or teach anything contrary to reality. Therefore, you should understand everything I have said from the beginning until now in the same way. Here, the word "iti" means "end". "Bravimi" means "I speak" - it is as before. The exposition of "Anugam" is complete. Now we will discuss the "Nayas". There are seven "Nayas" including "Naigam". The "Naigam" "Naya" is general and specific. Therefore, it is included in "Sangrah" and "Vyavahar". Therefore, there are six "Nayas". The "Samasabhirudha" and "Itthambhut" "Nayas" are included in the word "Naya", leaving "Naigam", "Sangrah", "Vyavahar", "Riju Sutra", and "Shabda" as the five "Nayas". "Naigam" is also included in "Vyavahar". Therefore, there are four "Nayas". "Vyavahar" is also general and specific, so from the general point of view, it is included in "Sangrah", and from the specific point of view, it is included in "Riju Sutra". Thus, "Sangrah", "Riju Sutra", and "Shabda" remain as the three "Nayas". Including them in "Dravyastik" and "Paryayastik" results in two "Nayas", or including all "Nayas" in knowledge and action results in two "Nayas" called "Jnana" and "Kriya". The "Jnana" "Naya" considers knowledge as primary, and the "Kriya" "Naya" considers action as primary. Holding onto only one "Naya" separately is a false view. Both knowledge and action are mutually dependent - correct knowledge followed by correct action or good conduct is the part of liberation, and that is the main thing. Both of these are found in a virtuous person who is endowed with good actions and good conduct - restraint. It has been said that after knowing the objects that are to be taken and those that are not to be taken, one should strive for the practice that is beneficial to oneself. This is the teaching, and it is the "Naya". By listening to the various ways of expressing all the "Nayas" - the many ways of using words - the one who is established in the virtue of pure conduct of all "Nayas" is the virtuous person.
|| The sixteenth study called "Gatha" is complete. With its completion, the first "Shruta Skandha" of the "Sutrakritanga Sutra" is complete. ||
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