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## Gatha 3.77-383
## Jnanamarga/479
**Doubt:** Do you not accept that the field of this gross Avadhijnana is established as an Akashapradesha, and within it, the gross dravya is known?
**Solution:** No, because if we accept this, then the field of gross Avadhijnana becomes countless times greater than the gross Avagaha. The field that is obstructed by gross Avadhijnana is called the field of gross Avadhijnana. But here, it appears countless times greater than the gross Avagaha. For example, the extent of the field of gross Avagaha is equal to the diameter and height of the gross dravya. When we multiply the gross Avagaha by the diameter and height of the gross dravya, we get a field that is countless times greater than the gross Avagaha. But it is not appropriate to say that this field is like this. Because, it contradicts the sutra that states, "The field of gross Avadhijnana is equal to the gross Avagaha." And in this way, it is not right to say that the gross dravya fits into the final Akashapradesha of the established gross field. Because, even a single part of the gross dravya obtained by dividing the dense world into parts, which is related to a single jiva, and has a pinḍarūpa with no upacaya, and a nok, is equal to countless parts of an angula of a single bargaraga. It is also not appropriate to say that the Avadhijnani knows in the form of an Akashapradesha, because if we accept this, then something even grosser than gross matijnana is obtained, and there is no other way to know the gross dravya. Therefore, we should accept here that by lifting all the fields obstructed by gross Avadhijnana and establishing them in the form of a ghanapratara, the gross Avagaha of a subtle nigoda jiva is obtained.
When asked what is the diameter, height, and extent of the field related to gross Avadhijnana, it is said that no instruction is available in this regard. But the instruction is definitely available that the extent of the field related to Avadhijnana, established in the form of a ghanapratara, is countless parts of an angula.
When we divide countless parts of this palyopama into angulas, we get a field with an extent, diameter, and height of countless parts of a ghana angula, countless parts of a sūcyangula. This is the gross Avadhikshetra, i.e., the entire field that is the object of gross Avadhijnana, and it is not a rule that all Avadhikshetras are situated in the form of a ghanapratara. But without equating the Avadhikshetras of irregular shapes, like the Avagahakshetra of a subtle nigoda jiva, and establishing them in the form of a ghanapratara, there is no other way to make a pramanaprarūpaṇa.
Many acharyas say that the gross Avagaha of a subtle nigoda jiva is the field of gross Avadhijnana, which is the difference between the Avadhijnani jiva and the dravya that is perceived by it. But this does not happen, because if we accept this, then the field of gross Avadhijnana will become countless times greater than the gross Avagaha of a subtle nigoda jiva.
**Doubt:** How will it become countless times greater?
**Solution:** Because, when we multiply the extent, height, and diameter of the field that is the object of gross Avadhijnana, it proves to be countless times greater, and it is not possible for it to be countless times greater, because...