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## Dravy - Description of the Five Astikayas
## This is the explanation of the characteristics of the Murta and Amurta.
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Those objects that are perceived by the senses of living beings are called Murta.
The rest, which is the mind, is Amurta. The mind perceives both. || 99 ||
**1**
Here, living beings perceive objects with their senses of touch, taste, smell, and sight, which are the objects of these senses, and have the nature of touch, taste, smell, and color. Through the sense of hearing, the same objects are perceived as transformed into sound and form, which are the causes of the object of the sense of hearing. Sometimes these objects are gross, sometimes subtle, and sometimes atomic. Because of their ability to be perceived by the senses, whether they are perceived or not, they are called Murta.
The rest, all other objects, which have the nature of the absence of touch, taste, smell, and color, are called Amurta because they are not capable of being perceived by the senses.
Both of these (Murta and Amurta) are capable of being perceived by the mind. The mind, which is not limited to any particular object, is not capable of being attained, and is the means of knowledge, perception, and belief, perceives both Murta and Amurta. || 99 ||
- Thus ends the Chulika.
**Anvayaartha:** (Ye khul) Those objects (jivaiḥ indriyagrāhyāḥ viṣayāḥ) that are perceived by the senses of living beings (te mūrtāḥ bhavanti) are Murta, and [śeṣa] the rest of the objects (amūrta bhavati) are Amurta. (Cittaṃ) The mind (man) (ubhayaṃ) perceives both of them [Murta and Amurta] (samādadāti) (knows them).
**Tīkā:** This is the explanation of the characteristics of Murta and Amurta.
In this world, living beings perceive objects with their senses of touch, taste, smell, and sight, which are the objects of these senses, and have the nature of touch, taste, smell, and color. Through the sense of hearing, the same objects are perceived as transformed into sound and form, which are the causes of the object of the sense of hearing. (These objects), sometimes are gross, sometimes subtle, and sometimes atomic. Because of their ability to be perceived by the senses, whether they are perceived or not, they are called Murta.
The rest, all other objects, which have the nature of the absence of touch, taste, smell, and color, are called Amurta because they are not capable of being perceived by the senses.
Both of these (the aforementioned two types, i.e., Murta and Amurta objects) are capable of being perceived by the mind (man). The mind, which is not limited to any particular object, is not capable of being attained, and is the means of knowledge, perception, and belief, perceives both Murta and Amurta. || 99 ||