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## Gatha 307-308
## Shanmargaga/383
It is not correct to say that the name of **spasht grahan** (clear perception) is **arthaavgraha** (perception of meaning), because if we accept this, then the question arises of **vyanjanavgraha** (perception of implication) in **aspasht grahan** (unclear perception).
**Doubt:** Can this happen?
**Solution:** No, because even **aspasht grahan** is seen by the eye, so it becomes a case of **vyanjanavgraha**. But this is not true, because **vyanjanavgraha** does not occur through the eye and mind; it is prohibited in the sutra.
It is also not correct to say that the name of **ashugrahan** (quick perception) is **arthaavgraha**, because if we accept this, then the question arises of **vyanjanavgraha** in **dhire dhire grahan** (slow perception). But this is not true, because if we accept this, then **chakshus avgraha** (visual perception) which is slow, will also become **vyanjanavgraha**. And if the adjectives **kshipra** (quick) and **akshipra** (slow) are not given to both types of **avgraha** (perception), then the 336 types of **matijnana** (knowledge of mind) cannot be formed.
**Doubt:** Does perception of an object not attained by the other four senses except mind and eye, not occur? It is also said:
"Puṭhaṁ suṇehi sadda appuṭṭa veya passade ruvaṁ |
Gaṇḍhaṁ rasaṁ ca phāsaṁ balu puṭhaṁ ca jāṇādi ||54||" - The ear hears the sound that is not touched, but the eye sees the form that is not touched. The other senses know the smell, taste, and touch that are bound and touched. Does this sutra prove that the senses only perceive the objects they are meant to perceive?
**Solution:** The meaning of this gatha is as follows: The eye perceives the form that is not touched. The word "cha" also indicates that the mind perceives the object that is not touched. The other senses perceive smell, taste, and touch that are bound, i.e., regulated in their respective senses, and touched. The word "cha" also indicates that they perceive the object that is not touched. The word "sprusht" (touched) in "sprusht shabd ko sunta hai" (hears the touched sound) should also be accompanied by the words "bound" and "cha", because if we do not do so, we will face the objection of a corrupted explanation. Because the **dhav vrksha** (white tree) is seen to perceive the unattained treasure, and the **tu badi ki lata** (creeper of the big tree) etc. are seen to perceive the unattained garden and tree etc. This proves that the other four senses can also perceive unattained objects.
The complete absence of an object and its non-expression are not called unattained, so the reason for their **avgraha** (perception) etc. is the **indriya** (sense organ)'s inability to perceive them.
**Doubt:** Then what is the purpose of the inability to perceive? If the complete absence and
1. "Na chakshurganandriyabhyam." [Tattvarth Sutra 1/16]. 2. D.P. 13 p. 220. 3. D.P. 6. 156 S.S. 1/16, R.V. 1/16-3: V.B. 336 (Ni, 5) etc. 4. Dhaval P. 6. p. 160. 5. Dhaval P. 13 p. 230, Dhaval P. 11 Sutra 115 commentary. 6. Dhaval P. 1 p. 356.