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## Verse 456
## Shanmarganga/523
This statement, "Nara-loka," is not a measure of the circumference (paridhi) of the Nara-loka, but rather a measure of the expansion (vikkhambha) or the pointer (suchi-thyaasa). This is because the dense (taggara) and subtle (pavara) regions of the knowledge of the mind (mana-paryaya-gyana) have been described as a cube (ghana-pratar).
## Explanation of the Verse
The knowledge of the mind (mana-paryaya-gyana) knows the region of the subtle (pavara) from the gross (jaghanya) up to the measure of a gavyuti (kos), and from the subtle (pavara) up to the measure of a yojana. It does not know beyond that. The knowledge of the mind (mana-paryaya-gyana) knows the middle alternatives of the gross (jaghanya) and subtle (pavara) regions, which are different from those.
A gavyuti (kos) is two thousand dhanus (bows). Multiplying that by eight gives the measure of the gavyuti. The knowledge of the mind (mana-paryaya-gyana) knows the region of this cube (ghana-pratar) from the gross (jaghanya).
## Doubt
The gross (jaghanya) region of the knowledge of the perception of the subtle (pravadhi-gyana) is said to be the measure of countless parts of an angula (finger), and its time is the measure of countless parts of a pavali (moment). But the gross (jaghanya) region of this knowledge, which is less than the knowledge of the perception of the subtle (avadhi-gyana), is said to be the measure of a gavyuti (kos), and its time is said to be the measure of two or three bhava-grahana (lifetimes). How can this be?
## Solution
No, because both knowledges are of different types. The knowledge of the perception of the subtle (avadhi-gyana) is related to both the restrained (samyata) and unrestrained (asam-yata), but the knowledge of the mind (mana-paryaya-gyana) is related only to the restrained (samyata). This shows that they are of different types. Therefore, there is no similarity in the subject matter of both knowledges. Secondly, just as the eye sense organ knows only form, leaving aside taste, etc., similarly, the knowledge of the mind (mana-paryaya-gyana) knows only two or three vyanjana-paryaya (expressions) related to bhava (existence), leaving aside all other artha-paryaya (meanings) related to bhava (existence). Therefore, it is not the same as the knowledge of the perception of the subtle (avadhi-gyana). It is also not correct to say that this is the measure of seven or eight bhava-grahana (lifetimes) that have passed over a long period of time, because there is no contradiction in assuming that this knowledge, which does not have all artha-paryaya (meanings) as its object and has bhava-sanjnak vyanjana-paryaya (expressions related to existence) as its object, has its activity in bhavas (lifetimes) that have passed over a long period of time.
A yojana is eight thousand dhanus (bows). Multiplying that by eight gives the measure of the dhanus (bows) within the yojana. The cube (ghana) of these is the subtle (pavara) region of the knowledge of the mind (mana-paryaya-gyana).
The knowledge of the mind (mana-paryaya-gyana) of the vipula-mati (one with vast knowledge) knows the region from the gross (jaghanya) up to the measure of a yojana. The subtle (pavara) region of the riju-mati (one with straight knowledge) and the gross (jaghanya) region of the vipula-mati (one with vast knowledge) are not the same, because there are many differences in the yojana. From the subtle (pavara), it knows up to the measure of the manushottara-shala (the region beyond human beings), but not beyond that.