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The description of the six substances and the five astikayas is inseparable from knowledge, the establishment of knowledge is inseparable from the knower, the establishment of the knower is inseparable from knowledge, the number of knowledge is inseparable from the knower, the number of the knower is inseparable from knowledge, the basis of knowledge is inseparable from the knower, the basis of the knower is inseparable from knowledge. In this way, there is a statement of inseparability or non-duality between knowledge and the knower. According to these two examples, one should consider the dartant view, where there are different substances, their names and so on should be known differently. For example, in the previous story, the example of Devadatta and the cow was given. Where the names and so on are said to be inseparable in the same substance, there one should know the inseparability with certainty. For example, the branches of a tree or the infinite knowledge etc. qualities of a living being etc. Here, in this sutra, the one who is inseparably described with the living being, has an inseparable establishment, inseparable number, inseparable basis, and who is called the knower of the living being, without whose benefit this living being has been wandering in the realms of hell, human beings, etc. since time immemorial, and who is truly the seed of the tree of liberation, and whose contemplation, as a result of which, without any order, all substances, fields, time, and emotions are known, the pure, perfect knowledge of all kinds arises, that is, the contemplation of that unchanging self-awareness knowledge is to be done by the knowers, this is the meaning. ||47||
Time Explanation Verse 48 The fault is in the fact that the qualities of the substance are different from each other.
The knower and knowledge are always different from each other. The right Jain view leads to the conclusion that both are non-sentient. ||48||
The knower and knowledge are always different from each other. The right Jain view leads to the conclusion that both are non-sentient. ||48|| If the knower is different from knowledge, then he would be non-sentient because he would be unable to perform actions without the help of knowledge, just like a lifeless axe cannot cut without a person holding it. Similarly, if knowledge is different from the knower, then it would be non-sentient because it would be unable to perform actions without the help of the knower, just like a lifeless axe cannot cut without a person holding it. And, knowledge and the knower cannot be considered sentient together because the substance is without any special characteristics, and the qualities are without any support, and are empty. ||48||
Hindi Time Explanation Verse 48 Anvayaarth - (Knower) If the knower [soul] [and] (knowledge) knowledge [always] always (of each other) mutually (different from each other) different from each other (different from each other) then {both. Both (non-sentient) non-sentient (arises) arises (right Jain view) such is the right Jain view.