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736 / Go. Sa. Jivakanda
The use that is formless is called darshanopयोग, because it is devoid of form.
Doubt - What is called form?
Solution - The name of karma-kर्तृ भाव is form. The use that remains with that form is called form. 'By evidence, past karma is called form, that is, in evidence, the external object that is different from oneself, which appears as an object, is called form. That form which is not found in use, that use is formless, that is, it is called darshanopयोग.
Doubt - The perception of existence that is endowed with direction, country and form, before the light of electricity, cannot be called ज्ञानोपयोग, because the perception of a particular substance is not found in it.
Verse 676
Solution - No, because there is karma found there, separate from knowledge, therefore it is also knowledge. There, the perception of existence endowed with special features like direction, country, form and color is found.
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The use that makes the inner object its object has been accepted as formless use. It is also not the case that the inner use is object-shaped, because in it, karma separate from the substance in the form of the doer is not found.
Inner use is called darshanopयोग. The reason is that the meaning of form is 'karma-kर्तृत्व', the understanding of meaning that occurs without it is called formless use. One should not doubt that there is karma-kर्तृत्व in inner use, because in it, there is a clear absence of karma in relation to the substance and the field. *
The number of beings in the right of use
Gaṇuvajog judāṇaṁ parimāṇaṁ gaṇamaggaraṇaṁ va have | Daṁsaṇuvajogiyāṇaṁ daṁsaṇamaggaraṇaṁ va uttakamo || 676 ||
Gāthārtha - The number of beings with ज्ञानोपयोग should be understood like the beings with ज्ञानमार्गरणा, and the number of beings with दर्शनोपयोग should be understood like the beings with दर्शनमार्गणा. || 676 ||
Special meaning - According to ज्ञानमार्गणा, the number of ignorant and śruta-ignorant beings is infinite like the number of eunuch-knowers, who are not taken away by the infinite-infinite śravasaṛpiṇī utsarpiṇīs, that is, they are medium infinite. They are slightly more than the deva-vibhanga-knowers, that is, the number of deva-vibhanga-knowers is obtained by dividing the world into two hundred and fifty-six squares of fingers. In this, adding the number of vibhanga-knowers of three movements, the number of all vibhanga-knowers is obtained. The number of mati-knowers, śruta-knowers and avadhi-knowers is an innumerable part of the number of patyopama, that is, an innumerable part of the number of pravali.
1. Dhaval Pu. 13 p. 207. 2. Jayadhaval Pu. 1 p. 331. 3. Jamaghval Pu. 1 p. 338. 4. Dhaval Pu. 13 p. 207 208. 5. Dhaval Pu. 11 p. 233.