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## 160/Go. Sa. Jivakanda
## Verse 119
**Doubt:** The five requisites are included within the six requisites, so why is it necessary to mention the five requisites separately?
**Solution:** No, some beings possess all six requisites, while others possess only five. The word "Panch" (five) is used in the verse to indicate this.
**Doubt:** Which are these five requisites?
**Solution:** The five requisites are those possessed by the "Vikal" (impaired) beings, namely the two-sensed, three-sensed, four-sensed, and the non-conscious five-sensed beings. The word "Vikal" in the verse indicates the inclusion of the impaired four-sensed beings.
**Doubt:** Even impaired beings have a mind, because the function of the mind, which is knowledge, is also found in impaired beings.
**Solution:** It is not certain, because it is well-known that the knowledge present in impaired beings is a function of the mind.
**Doubt:** It is observed that the special knowledge in humans is a function of the mind.
**Solution:** If the special knowledge in humans is a function of the mind, then so be it, because it is observed in humans.
**Doubt:** There is no difference between the knowledge in humans, which is accepted as a function of the mind, and the knowledge in impaired beings, in terms of the general nature of knowledge. Therefore, it is assumed that the knowledge in impaired beings also arises from the mind.
**Solution:** No, because there cannot be a similarity between knowledge present in different species. The statement "Impaired beings do not have a mind" is not contradicted by direct perception, because there is no scope for direct perception in this case.
**Doubt:** How do we know that impaired beings lack a mind?
**Solution:** We know this from the scriptures (Agama).
**Doubt:** How can scriptures be considered evidence?
**Solution:** Just as direct perception is naturally evidence, so are the scriptures naturally evidence.
1. P. Pu. 1 p. 513. 2. P. Pu. 1 p. 314.