________________
66 ]
SANMATI-TARKA
( II. 3
its limitation-as is made clear in the following verse :
मणपज्जवणाणतो णणस्स य दरिसणस्स य विसेसो । केवलणाणं पुण दसणं ति णाणं ति य समाणं ॥३॥
This rule of separate time for the two cognitions, perception and knowledge, holds good upto the knowledge called Manaḥparyāya (thought-reading of others). But in the case of the highest kind of knowledge called Kevala Jñāna (the supreme or the absolute knowledge) no such separate time for perception and knowledge is necessary; for these two cognitions syncronize in Kevala Jñana (absolute knowledge). In fact at this stage, perception and knowledge are one and the same.
Looking to the definitions of perception and knowledge (as is given in the first verse of this chapter ) and considering the fact that at the time of perception particular is dormant and at the time of knowledge general lies dormant, three questions arise in our mind-(1) are, perception and knowledge, the two functions of only one soul but occuring at different times ? or ( 2 ) do these two functions of the soul occar at one and the same time? or (3) do these two perception
Jain Education International
For Private & Personal Use Only
www.jainelibrary.org
