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## Gatha 176-177
**Gatha 176**
The context of non-perception due to the absence of sense organs is obtained.
**Doubt:** Shankha-kshayopasham is called an indriya, but dravya-indriya is not called an indriya. Therefore, even if dravya-indriyas are not present in the insufficient time, does perception still occur through dwi-indriya etc. categories?
**Solution:** If the meaning of indriya is taken as kshayopasham, then the context of the absence of indriya for those who have lost their ayopa-sham (non-destruction) arises.
**Doubt:** This is a contradiction. There is no solution, because the sutra states that the sa-yoga-kevali is described as having five indriyas.
**Gatha 177**
**Doubt:** All living beings, from dwi-indriya onwards, are constantly subject to expenditure in accordance with their karma. Therefore, how can it be said that they are destroyed by countless avasapirina-utsapirina?
**Solution:** It is true that living beings from dwi-indriya onwards are not destroyed. However, if their expenditure were to occur without karma, then they would certainly be destroyed. If this is not accepted, then the statement "hindriya pravima irasamsa hai" cannot be established.
Similarly, there are countless panchendriya, anendriya-paryapt, and panchendriya-aparyapt beings.
Among the ekendriya beings, the proportion of paryapt and aparyapt is stated as follows: "Tasahigo sansari ayakkha taran sankhaga bhaga. Punnaan pariman sankhejjadhim. Apunnaan."
**Gatha 177**
**Gatha-arth:** The living beings who are in the world without the absence of indriyas are ekendriya beings. Their number is a large proportion, and a small proportion are aparyapt.
**Gatha 177**
**Gatha-arth:** Ekendriya beings are of two types, based on the subtle pain of badar. Even among them, there are paryapt and aparyapt. The order of the number of these six categories of ekendriya beings will be mentioned in the Kayamarganga. This is what we should know.
**Special Meaning:** By subtracting the number of pranindriya beings (liberated beings) from the total number of living beings, we obtain the number of worldly beings. By subtracting the number of dwi-indriya, tri-indriya, chatur-indriya, and panchendriya beings, or the number of shrama beings, we obtain the number of ekendriya beings. Among these ekendriya beings, the badar-ekendriya-paryapt beings are the most numerous. The badar-ekendriya-aparyapt beings are less numerous than them.
**References:**
1. Dhavan Pu. 3, p. 611
2. Dhaval Pu. 3, p. 312