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## Gatha 660-663
**18. The Authority of the Category of Cognition**
**Marganaa / 721**
**The Nature of Sanji and Asanji Beings**
The destruction and cessation of the karma of the covering of the non-sense organ (mind) and the knowledge arising from it is cognition. The one who has this cognition is Sanji, and the Asanji has only sense-organ-based knowledge. ||660||
The being who receives education, action, instruction, and conversation through the support of the mind is Sanji. The opposite of this is Asanji. ||661||
The being who contemplates duty and non-duty before acting, learns the truth, and hears when called by name is Samanaska. The opposite of this is Amanaska. ||662||
**Explanation of the Gatha:**
The covering karma of the non-sense organ (mind) is destroyed and ceases, and the knowledge arising from it is cognition. The one who has this cognition is Sanji, and the Asanji has only sense-organ-based knowledge. ||660||
The being who receives education, action, instruction, and conversation through the support of the mind is Sanji. The opposite of this is Asanji. ||661||
The being who contemplates duty and non-duty before acting, learns the truth, and hears when called by name is Samanaska. The opposite of this is Amanaska. ||662||
**Special Explanation:**
The one who knows well is Sanji, that is, the mind. The one who possesses this mind is Samanaska. The mind is of two types: Dravya mind and Bhava mind. The Dravya mind arises from the rise of the karma called Pudgala-vipaki Angopanga, and the Bhava mind is the Atma-vishuddhi that requires the destruction and cessation of the karma of Veeryantaraya and the covering of the non-sense organ. Those who do not possess the mind are Amanaska. Thus, based on the presence and absence of the mind, worldly beings are of two types. Those who are Samanaska are the Sanji beings. The word Sanjna has many meanings. Sanjna means name. If beings with names are considered Sanji, then all beings would be considered Sanji. If Sanjna is taken to mean knowledge, then all beings would be considered Sanji because all beings are of the nature of knowledge. If Sanjna is considered to mean the desire for objects like food, then the same fault arises as before. Thus, to avoid the fault of considering all beings as Sanji, only Samanaska beings are called Sanji.
**Doubt:**
The characteristic that the one who knows well is Sanji will apply to beings with only one sense organ, etc., and therefore will lead to the fault of Atiprasanga.
**References:**
1. Dhaval Pu. 1 p. 152 Ga.
2. Pra. Pan. Sa. Pu. 36 Ga. 173.
3. Pra. Pan. Sa. Pu. 36 Ga. 174.
4. Dhaval Pu. 1 p. 152.
5. Sa. Si. 2011.
6. Sa. Si. 224.