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522/Go. Sa. Jivakanda
Gatha 452-455
The evidence of the inferior substance of Vipulamati Manoparyaya Jnana is obtained by dividing the superior substance of Riju-mati Jnana into an infinite number of parts. This inferior substance is then further divided into eight parts. ||452||
When the eight karmas, which are free from decay and increase, are divided into parts according to the time-bound, the second substance is obtained. ||453||
When the second substance of Vipulamati is divided into an infinite number of parts according to the time-bound, the superior substance is obtained. ||454||
**Gatha-artha:** The evidence of the inferior substance of Manodravya is obtained by dividing the superior substance of Riju-mati Jnana into an infinite number of parts. ||452||
When the eight karmas, which are free from decay and increase, are divided into parts according to the time-bound, the second substance is obtained. ||453||
When the second substance of Vipulamati is divided into an infinite number of parts according to the time-bound, the superior substance is obtained. ||454||
**Vishesh-artha:** Vipulamati Manoparyaya Jnana knows the inferior substance as a single time-bound sensory decay.
**Shankha:** How can the superior substance of Riju-mati Jnana be the object of Vipulamati, which is much superior?
**Samadhan:** No, because the substance of Vipulamati is considered to be the inferior or first object, which is a single time-bound sensory decay, which is obtained by dividing the superior substance of Riju-mati Jnana into an infinite number of parts. This is because the inferior substance of Vipulamati is the evidence of the superior substance of Vipulamati.
To know the superior substance of Vipulamati, the infinite number of parts of Manodravya are divided into parts according to the time-bound, which are free from decay and increase, and are related to the readers. This is done by establishing an infinite number of time-bound markers. When these parts are divided into eight parts, the second substance is obtained. One marker should be removed from the marker-set. This process should be continued until the marker-set is exhausted. The last substance obtained is known as the superior substance of Vipulamati. The intermediate substances between the inferior and superior substances are known as the other substances of Vipulamati. Here, "the infinite number of parts of Manodravya" is the Dhruvahar.
Just as the Vipulamati knows the object of its knowledge, the superior substance is obtained by dividing the object of its knowledge into an infinite number of parts. The Vipulamati knows the superior substance as the object of its knowledge, and the superior substance is the object of its knowledge in the next world. ||455||
1. Gh.Pu. 6
66-67. 2. Pra.Pu. 6 p. 67.