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## Verses 16-20
**Verse 16-20**
These are merely characteristics. Alternatively, the meaning of the word *mithya* is *vitath* (false) and the meaning of the word *drishti* is *ruchi* (interest), *shraddha* (faith) or *pratyaya* (conviction). Therefore, those beings whose interest is false are *mithyadrishti* (false-sighted).
"**Tam michhas jamasadhanam tacchaan hoi pratyayanam.**
**Sansaidam abhigahiyam pranabhigghiharve ti tam tiviham.**" - The one who develops disbelief in the subject of truth is *mithyatva* (falsehood). There are also three aspects of it: doubtful, accepted, and not accepted.
"**Sahahhha asbhavam**" - Due to the arising of *mithyatva*, this *mithyadrishti* has faith in the false nature of the true reality. "**Uvatth va anuvahatth**" - Due to the arising of delusion, the *mithyadrishti* has faith in the perception of the wrong path, whether it is taught or not. This verse-sutra statement explains the two aspects of *mithyadrishti* through the distinction between *vyuggrahit* (confused) and *itar* (other). 2 The rest is all easy.
**Verse 16**
The nature of *saamaadan* *gunasthan* is that it is overshadowed by *samayado* (time) from the time of *praadimasammatata* (initial right faith). It is *saasaranavakho* (a state of destruction) due to the arising of *arananandaru dayaado* (infinitely connected karmas).
**Verse 20**
From the peak of the mountain of the jewel of *samyagdarshan* (right vision), it falls down and faces the ground of *mithyatva* (falsehood). Therefore, *samyagdarshan* is lost. This should be known as the *saamaadan* *gunasthan*.
**Explanation:**
To oppose *samyaktva* (right faith) is the meaning of *saamaadan*.
**Question:** Why does *saamaadan* occur?
**Answer:** *Saamaadan* occurs due to the consequences, but those consequences are not without a cause, because they arise from the three arising of *anantaanubandhi* (infinitely connected karmas).
*Saamaadan* is the consequence that arises from the intense arising of *anantaanubandhi* karmas, which are born from turning away from *samyagdarshan* and are conducive to the intense *samklesha* (afflictions) of *mithyatva* (falsehood). (J.D.P. 7, p. 313)
**Question:** Is a being with the *saamaadan* *gunasthan* not a *mithyadrishti* in the absence of the arising of *mithyatvakarma* (false conduct)?
1. P.P. 1, p. 162 (First Edition). J.P.P. 12, p. 323. 2. J.P.P. 12, p. 323. 3. Pra. Pan. San. M. 1, Gha. Pu. 1, Pu. 166, Ga. 108. 4. "Michhabhav" is also a reading.