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अट्ठचदु णाण दंसण सामण्णं जीवलक्खणं भणियं ।
ववहारा सुद्धणया सुद्धं पुण दंसणं णाणं ॥ ६ ॥
attha-cadu nāṇa damsana sāmannam jiva-lakkhanam bhaniyam vavahārā ; suddha-nayā suddham puna damsanam nānam.
The general characteristic of the sentient (substance) has been told to be the eight (types of) knowledge and the four (types of) vision from the conventional point of view. From the pure point of view, however, pure vision (and) knowledge (are its characteristics).
वण्ण रस पंच गंधा दो फासा अट्ठ णिच्छया जीवे ।
णो संति अमुत्ति तदो ववहारा मुत्ति बंधादो ॥७॥
vanna rasa panca gandhā do phāsā attha nicchayā jīve no santi a-mutti tado; vavahārā mutti bandhādo.
From the absolute point of view the five colours and tastes, the two smells and the eight touches do not exist in the sentient (substance). Therefore it is incorporeal. From the conventional point of view it is corporeal because of bondage.
पुग्गलकम्मादीणं कत्ता ववहारदो दु णिच्छयदो।
चेदणकम्माणादा सुद्धणया सुद्धभावाणं ॥ ८ ॥
puggala-kammādīṇam kattā vavaharado du nicchayado cedana-kammānādā; suddha-nayā suddha-bhāvānam.
From the conventional point of view the soul (is) the agent of karmic matter and other things, but from the absolute point of view (it is the agent) of spiritual karmas. From the pure point of view ( the agent) of pure states of mind.
5 These are the qualities characterizing clusters of matter and atom, i.e. pudgala (see, for instance,
Tattvārthasūtra 5.23..
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