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PAÑCALINGĪPRAKARANAM : 197
Jadanantaneyanāņī jīvo
kammehim vedhio na tahā / Ta kammakkhayabhāve
anantanānīņo sayā siddha || 100 || Yadanantajĩeyajñāni jiyah
karmābhiḥ vestitaḥ na tathā / Tasmātkarmakşayabhāve
anantajñāninaḥ sadā siddhāḥ || 100 ||
The knower of infinite substances is not
with infinite knowledge if karma remains | On irresidual karma destruction,
the soul liberates, nothing remains || 100 ||
100. For the reason that a karma encumbered soul cannot be said to be the possessor of infinite knowledge even if he knows infinite knowledge worthy substances, he gains the infinite knowledge and liberates when the karmic encumbrance is irresidually destroyed.
Here, the author distinguishes between omniscience and infinite knowledge and says that a soul can be said to be in the possession of infinite knowledge only when it completely destroys its karmic bondages.
