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## Description of the Six Substances and Five Astikayas
Even though they are non-different due to being in the same location, they are made distinct by the specific characteristics that are the cause of their designation, such as name and so on. In this way, knowledge and perception, which are connected to the soul, are also non-different due to being in the same location as the soul substance, but they are made distinct by the specific characteristics that are the cause of their designation, such as name and so on. However, they inherently always remain non-distinct. ||51
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This concludes the explanation of the utility quality. Now, the explanation of the causative quality. Its introduction (preface) is done in the first three verses.
[Sanskrit Commentary] Verses 51-52
Now, the conclusion of the explanation of the non-difference of substances and qualities is stated in the form of an example and illustration. The color, taste, smell, and touch are said to be in the form of atoms, which are the form of the atomic substance. By what are they made distinct? By specific characteristics - specific characteristics, such as name, definition, purpose, and other differences, or, as per the alternative reading, "specific characteristics are specific characteristics," specific characteristics are the qualities and characteristics of the substance, which are inherently clear. How are they like this? They are from the substance - from the atomic substance, they are non-different by definition. They become different by effort - they become distinct by designation, such as name and so on, according to the later practical approach. Thus, the verse of the example has passed.
[Sanskrit Commentary] Perception and knowledge are also like this - perception and knowledge are two. How are they like this? They are two, being connected to the soul. Again, how are they like this? They are non-different in the form of location, being countless by definition. What do they do in this way? They make distinctness and diversity by designation, by difference in name and so on. It is clear that they are not inherently different by definition.
[Sanskrit Commentary] In this section, even though the distinction between pure and impure was not made during the explanation of the eight types of knowledge and the four types of perception, it should be understood that the two types of knowledge and perception, which are the cause of the attainment of the ultimate happiness, which is characterized by freedom from anxiety, in the supreme soul, which is the ultimate bliss and the ultimate consciousness, free from beginning, middle, and end, are the objects of attainment. It should also be understood that they are the objects of meditation, by abandoning the knowledge that is mixed with anger, fear, and so on. ||51-52||
Thus, the two verses have passed in the form of an example and illustration.
[Sanskrit Commentary] Here, first, the five verses in the middle, in the form of the statement of perception and knowledge, in the order of the previously mentioned text, starting with "Uvaogo duviyappu," and then, the ten verses in the middle, in the form of the refutation of the difference between the quality and the qualified, against the Naiyayikas, in the order of the text starting with "Na vigrapyadi naanado," make a total of nineteen verses, which are the sixth section, "Upayogaadhikaara," in the nine sections of the explanation of the soul.
[Hindi Commentary] Verses 51-52
Uththānikā - Further, giving an example and illustration, the author says, while contracting the explanation of the non-difference between substance and qualities.
[Hindi Commentary] Anvaya-sahith saamaanyaarth - (Hindi) By definition (vaṇṇarasagandhapāsā) color, taste, smell, touch (paramaṇurūvidā) are said to be in the form of atoms (visesā) qualities (davvādō ya aṇpaṇā)