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## Thirty-Third Chapter
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**O Dev, in those who are deluded by a web of words that are contradictory and unconnected to reality, and who are unworthy of faith, omniscience resides in you.**
**Explanation:** Only one who speaks without contradiction can be omniscient. The words of other gods in the world contradict each other, revealing their deluded minds. Therefore, we cannot believe that they are omniscient. However, your words, your teachings, are free from contradiction. You have described all the aspects of reality. This shows that your intellect and knowledge are infallible, and therefore you are omniscient.
**Just as the sun, hidden in the embrace of the clouds, is revealed by the blooming lotuses, so too are you revealed by the power of your words.**
**Each object exists only in relation to its own fourfold nature (substance, space, time, and mode), but does not exist in relation to the fourfold nature of others. It is also inexpressible because both these aspects cannot be asserted together. Thus, each object primarily possesses three aspects: existence, non-existence, and inexpressibility. These primary aspects, in combination, give rise to seven aspects each. For example, "The living being exists." Here, the living being and existence are in a relation of qualifier and qualified. The qualifier resides only in the qualified, so the existence of the living being is only in the living being, not elsewhere. Similarly, "The living being does not exist." Here too, the living being and non-existence are in a relation of qualifier and qualified. Therefore, according to the above rule, non-existence is only in the living being, not elsewhere. These aspects of existence and non-existence of the living being cannot be asserted together, so there is also an aspect called inexpressibility. When we intend to express only the aspect of existence of the living being, then the first assertion is "Perhaps the living being exists." When we intend to express the aspect of non-existence, then the second assertion is "The living being does not exist." When we intend to express both aspects in sequence, then the third assertion is "Perhaps the living being exists and does not exist." When we intend to express both aspects simultaneously, then the fourth assertion is "Perhaps it is inexpressible," because two contradictory aspects cannot be asserted at the same time. When we intend to express the aspects of existence and inexpressibility, then the fifth assertion is "Perhaps the living being exists and is inexpressible." When we intend to express the aspects of non-existence and inexpressibility, then the sixth assertion is "Perhaps the living being does not exist and is inexpressible." And when we intend to express the aspects of existence, non-existence, and inexpressibility, then the seventh assertion is "Perhaps the living being exists, does not exist, and is inexpressible." In relation to combination, each object possesses each aspect in seven forms of assertion. Therefore, to express them, the Jina Bhagavan taught through the seven-fold assertion (a group of seven assertions). When the aspect of existence of the living being is being described, the absence of its remaining aspects should not be understood. Therefore, the word "perhaps" is used to indicate intention, and words like "indeed" and "certainly" are used to remove doubt. Thus, the sentence "Perhaps the living being exists indeed" means that the living being exists in some relation. The meaning of other sentences should be understood in the same way. Jainism, with its comprehensive vision, asserts all the aspects within an object according to intention. Therefore, it is called the doctrine of Syadvada. In fact, without this all-encompassing vision, the complete nature of an object cannot be expressed.**
**136.**
**The one who stands as a proof for the decision.**
**Explanation:** The one who