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242/Go. Ma. Jivakagad
Gatha 171-173
A distance of 57 yojanas and seven parts out of twenty parts of a yojana; this much is the extent of perception. 4.72633 yojanas, this is the excellent object of the eye sense.
The form and extent of the senses are as follows: the eye is like a lentil, the ear is like a barley stalk, the nose is like a Kadamba flower, the tongue is like a hoof, and the touch sense is of many forms. ||171|| The extent of perception of the eye sense is an infinitesimal part of an angula. The extent of perception of the ear sense is countless times greater than that. The extent of perception of the nose sense is even greater than that. The extent of perception of the tongue sense is countless times greater than that, yet it is still an infinitesimal part of an angula. ||172|| At the third time of the arising of the subtle Nigodaya Labdhyaparyaptak, the extent of perception of the touch sense is an infinitesimal part of an angula, and the extent of perception of the fish is excellent. ||173||
Special Meaning: The external extent of the eye sense, which is lentil-shaped, is an infinitesimal part of a ghana-angula. The external extent of the ear sense, which is barley stalk-shaped, is an infinitesimal part of an angula. The external extent of the nose sense, which is Kadamba flower-shaped, is an infinitesimal part of a ghana-angula. The external extent of the tongue sense, which is crescent-shaped or hoof-shaped, is an infinitesimal part of a ghana-angula. The external extent of the touch sense is of indefinite form. It is an infinitesimal part of a ghana-angula in the body of a subtle Nigodaya Labdhyaparyaptak at the third time of its arising, and it is countless ghana-angulas in the body of a great fish, etc.
The extent of perception of the eye sense is the smallest. The extent of perception of the ear sense is countless times greater than that. That is, the ear sense encompasses countless times more space than the eye sense encompasses with its perception. The extent of perception of the nose sense is even greater than that.
1. This Gatha is in Dhaval Pu. 1, Pra. 236: Pra. Pa. San. p. 14, Ma. 66; Mulachar Paryaptyadhikār 12, Gatha 50, but there is a difference in the words. 2. This Gatha is in Mulachar Paryaptyavikār 12, Gatha 47, but there is a difference in the words in the latter half. 3. Pra. Pa. San. 1/66. 4. Dhaval Pu. 15. 234-265.