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भगवती सून्नम् सः ९ उ: ३१
till karma preventing the acquisition of supreme knowledge, such one does, even without hearing as aforesaid, derive the benefit of having heard the Law, does acquire pure enlightenment, till supreme knowledge.
One who incessantly undergoes fast missing six meals at a time, who exposes himself with his arms raised to the blaze of the burning sun, from an elevated ground, who is polite and gentle by nature, whose passions, viz., anger, pride, attachment and greed, are very much subdued, who is humble and delicate in his disposition, who has no desire or attachment for pleasure, comes to acquire some day, due to his inherent delicacy and humility, auspicious effort, good luck, pure tinge, and on account of the exhaustion or tranquilisation of karma imparting such tinges as may be unwholesome, in the process of passing through diverse efforts to acquire knowledge, ihā, apoha, märgana, galeşaņa, the non-knowledge called vibhanga. By dint of this nonknowledge, he is able to know and see from the smallest fraction of a finger in the minimum, till upto a distance of innumerable thousand miles in the maximum. With this non-knowledge derived, he knows the encased soul, as he also knows matter ; he knows the sinner, the worldly-wise, the grabber, the sufferer, as he also knows the pure encased souls. Then this man with vibhanga knowledge first acquires equanimity, and thereafter derives taste for the religion of the Sramaņas, which induces him to court the latter's conduct. Thereafter he assumes the robe of a monk. Then false outlook gradually loses hold of hin, and its place is gradually filled up by right faith, till at last his vibhanga knowledge comes in touch with equanimity and changes soon into true extrasensory (avadhi) knowledge.
प्रश्न २४-से णं भंते ! कइसु लेस्सास होज्जा ?
Q. 24. Bhante ! (Coming to such a man who has acquired avadhi knowledge), in how many tinges may he exist ?
