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Elaboration—All the Shramans cannot be endowed with the capacity of direct perception (knowledge acquired by soul without the help of sense organs) neither are they at the same level of knowledge. The direction of attitudes and thoughts is also not same for all. In case of concepts that are beyond the grasp of sense organs they can rely on the aphorism 'tameva sachcham..... '(162) while understanding and accepting truth. But how to decide what is right or wrong with regard to tangible things and concepts ? This is explained in aphorism 163.
First of all right and wrong has been discussed with reference to the time of initiation and the later period. Some ascetics are full of right faith at the time of initiation but later due to various reasons they become lax and lose right faith. There are four combinations of this. After that it is discussed from the ultimate and mundane viewpoints. Some fundamentals and conduct may appear to be right from mundane viewpoint but could be wrong from the ultimate viewpoint. This also has four combinations. The sages have given a yardstick of judgment for these four combinations. When an ascetic endowed with purity of attitude, impartiality, and equanimity and who is committed to seek purity and truth, accepts a thing, person, or behaviour as right or wrong from mundane viewpoint, it indeed is right or wrong irrespective of the fact that it is otherwise in the eyes of those endowed with direct perception.
Uvehaye-utprekshaya—to observe with a sincere attitude, impartiality, truth seeking intellect, and purity and simplicity of mind.
Gati has two meanings-condition or state and place or genus of rebirth. Here sandhi means pursuit of right perception or faith. अहिंसा की व्यापक दृष्टि
१७१. तुमं सि णाम सच्चेव जं हंतव्वं ति मण्णसि,
तुमं सि णाम सच्चेव जं अज्जावेयव्वं ति मण्णसि, आचारांग सूत्र
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