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अध्याय-९
meditation - sukladhyāna - have one substratum (ekāśraya). These two arise in the saint who has attained mastery of the Scripture - śrutakevalī. These are associated with scriptural knowledge (vitarka) and shifting (vīcāra). Hence these are called savitarka, and savīcāra.
In order to ward off the error of taking these respectively, the exception is mentioned next.
अवीचारं द्वितीयम् ॥४२॥
[द्वितीयम् ] ऊपर कहे गये शुक्लध्यानों में से दूसरा शुक्लध्यान [अवीचारं] वीचार से रहित है, किन्तु सवितर्क होता है।
The second type – ekatvavitarka – is free from shifting (vicāra).
The second type - ekatvavitarka - must be understood to be free from shifting or oscillation - avicāra. This is the purport. The first - prthaktvavitarka - is associated with both, scriptural knowledge - vitarka, and shifting - vīcāra. The second - ekatvavitarka - is associated with scriptural knowledge - vitarka, but not with shifting - vīcāra.
What is the distinction between scriptural knowledge (vitarka) and shifting (vicāra)?
वितर्कः श्रुतम् ॥४३॥
[ श्रुतम् ] श्रुतज्ञान को [ वितर्कः ] वितर्क कहते हैं। 'Vitarka' is scriptural knowledge.
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