334 rahatA hai. arthAt koI shAshvat vastu hai. vah gnAn kShaNikamAtra nahIn hai, parantu gnAnaguNavAlA ek padArtha hai.

us padArthako pahachAnaneke liye, gnAn barAbar use pahachAn sakatA hai. parantu pahale to vichAr karake pratham bhUmikAmen gnAnako vichArase, anumAnase, pramANase, yukti, nyAyase bhI use pahachAn sakatA hai. parantu yukti, nyAy aise hote hain ki svabhAvake sAth milAn karake (nakkI karatA hai). yukti, nyAy aise hote hain ki TUTe nahIn. aTUT hote hain. kalpanA jaisA anumAn pramAN nahIn, parantu usake svabhAvake sAth milAn karake, gnAnalakShaNake sAth milAn karake, pramANase, anumAnase barAbar nakkI kar sakatA hai. yathArtha anumAna. vah anumAn jhUThe nahIn paDate.

shAstramen AtA hai na? jahAn dhunA hotA hai, vahAn agni hotI hai. aise usake kuchh anumAn ekadam yathArtha hote hain. vaise gnAnalakShaN jo jAnanevAlA hai vah main hUn, vah jAnanevAlA kaun hai? us svayamko andar svAnubhUtikI bAt alag hai, AtmAkI anubhUti, parantu amuk lakShaN use svayamke vedanamen hai ki yah gnAnalakShaN jAnanevAlA main hUn, yah vikalpa sab chale jAte hain, pheraphAr hote hain. parantu jAnanevAlA khaDA hai. vah svayam aisA vichAr kare to svayamko jAn sake aisA hai. svAnubhUtikI bAt alag hai.

gnAnalakShaNavAlA AtmA koI alag hai aur vah svayam amuk svabhAvase vichAr kare, amuk shAstramen, amuk gurudevakI vANIke sAth milAn kare, svayamko anubhUti nahIn hai to mahApuruShakI shraddhA rakhakar ve kyA kahate hain? usake sAth svayamke vichAronkA milAn karake nakkI kar sakatA hai ki yah koI mahimAvant padArtha hai. yukti, nyAy aise hote hain ki TUTe nahIn. apane svabhAvake lakShaNake sAth milAn karake (nakkI kare). gnAnalakShaN hai. usamen AtmAkA shAnti, Ananda svabhAv hai. shAnti, Anandako ichchhatA hai, bAharase kahInse milatA nahIn. to vah kis padArthamen rahe hain shAnti aur Ananda? shAnti, Ananda koI padArthake guN haiain ki jo bAharase nahIn milate, to bhI vah bAharase DhUnDhanA chAhatA hai. vah antaramen hI rahe hain. is prakAr svayam antarase vichAr kare to vah yathArtha prakArase nakkI kar sake. aur vah nakkI aisA hotA hai ki usamen bhUl nahIn hotI, use koI toD nahIn sakatA. aise aTUT nyAy, yuktase grahaN kar sake.

pahale to use yukta, pramANase nakkI kare. usakI mahimA, svAnubhUtikI dashA to pragaT nahIn hai, parantu yukti, nyAyase bhI mahimA lA sakatA hai. jo itanA jAnanevAlA hai, jisakA svabhAv gnAn hai, us gnAnamen nahIn jAnanA aisA kuchh AtA hI nahIn, jo gnAn ho usamen gnAn hI hotA hai. phir itanA jAnanA, utanA jAnanA aisA nahIn hotA. gnAnasvabhAv hai vah ananta-ananta gnAnase bharA hai. usamen pUre lokAlokake dravya-guN-