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instrument and the eyelids and the eyelashes are the external instruments. Similarly, it should be understood in respect of the other senses.
The psychical-sense (bhāvendriya) is described now.
लब्ध्युपयोगौ भावेन्द्रियम् ॥१८॥ [लब्धि उपयोगौ ] लब्धि और उपयोग को [भावेन्द्रियम् ] भावेन्द्रिय कहते हैं।
The psychical-sense (bhāvendriya) consists of attainment (labdhi) and cognition (upayoga).
'Labdhi' means attainment. What is attainment? Attainment is the particular destruction-cum-subsidence (kşayopaśama) of knowledgeobscuring (jñānāvaranīya) karmas. In presence of this attainment (labdhi) of various kinds of knowledge, the soul makes use of one particular kind of knowledge at any particular time; this attentive disposition of the soul is termed cognition (upayoga) or activeconsciousness. Both, labdhi and upayoga, constitute the psychicalsense (bhāvendriya). Cognition (upayoga) is the effect (kārya, phala) of the sense (indriya); how can it be called a sense? The characteristic of the cause (kāraṇa) is seen in the effect (kārya). For instance, knowledge transformed in the shape of the jar is called the jar; similarly, the effect of the indriya is called the indriya. The mark (linga) of ‘indra' is ‘indriya'. The meaning of the word 'indriya' is taken primarily in terms of 'upayoga' as is evident from the words, 'cognition (upayoga) is the mark (lakşaņa) – distinctive characteristic – of the soul (jīva)'. Hence, it is proper to call cognition (upayoga) a sense (indriya).
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