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12 - THE PURE-COGNITION
शुद्धोपयोग अधिकार ज्ञान और दर्शन के स्वरूप की समीक्षा - The nature of knowledge and perception - अप्पा परप्पयासो तइया अप्पेण दंसणं भिण्णं । ण हवदि परदव्वगयं दंसणमिदि वण्णिदं तम्हा ॥१६३॥
यदि आत्मा (केवल) परप्रकाशक हो तो आत्मा से दर्शन भिन्न सिद्ध होगा, क्योंकि दर्शन परद्रव्यगत (परप्रकाशक) नहीं है (पहले तेरा मंतव्य) वर्णन किया गया है।
If the soul (ātmā) illumines (only) the others, then it will be distinct from perception (darśana) since, as per the earlier sūtra (sūtra 161), perception (darśana) does not illumine the others.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
If the soul (ātmā) illumines only the others, it loses connection with perception (darśana) which has been said to illumine only the self. The absolutistic (ekānta) view that the soul (ātmā) illumines only the others, and not the self, does not stand scrutiny as perception (darsana), then, must lose connection with the soul. If it is accepted that the soul (ātmā) illumines both, the self as well as the others, then perception (darśana) and the soul (ātmā) can be shown as one and the same, like the fire and the heat.
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