ya shruten kevalan shuddhamAtmAnan jAnAti sa shrutakevalIti tAvat paramArtho; ya shrutagnAnan sarvan jAnAti sa shrutakevalIti tu vyavahAra . tadatra sarvamev tAvat gnAnan nirUpyamANan kimAtmA kimanAtmA ? na tAvadanAtmA, samastasyApyanAtmanashchetanetarapadArthapanchatayasya gnAnatAdAtmyAnupapatte . tato gatyantarAbhAvAt gnAnamAtmetyAyAti . ata shrutagnAnamapyAtmaiv syAt . evan sati ya
gAthArtha : — [ya ] jo jIv [hi ] nishchayase (vAstavamen) [shruten tu ] shrutagnAnake dvArA [iman ] is anubhavagochar [kevalan shuddham ] keval ek shuddha [AtmAnan ] AtmAko [abhigachchhati ] sammukh hokar jAnatA hai, [tan ] use [lokapradIpakarA ] lokako pragaT jAnanevAle [RuShaya ] RuShIshvar [shrutakevalinam ] shrutakevalI [bhaNanti ] kahate hain; [ya ] jo jIv [sarvan ] sarva [shrutagnAnan ] shrutagnAnako [jAnAti ] jAnatA hai; [tan ] use [jinA ] jinadev [shrutakevalinan ] shrutakevalI [Ahu ] kahate hain, [yasmAt ] kyonki [gnAnan sarvan ] gnAn sab [AtmA ] AtmA hI hai, [tasmAt ] isaliye [shrutakevalI ] (vah jIv) shrutakevalI hai
TIkA : — pratham, ‘‘jo shrutase keval shuddha AtmAko jAnate hain ve shrutakevalI hain’’ vah to paramArtha hai; aur ‘‘jo sarva shrutagnAnako jAnate hain ve shrutakevalI hain’’ yah vyavahAr hai . yahAn do pakSha lekar parIkShA karate hain : — uparokta sarva gnAn AtmA hai yA anAtmA ? yadi anAtmAkA pakSha liyA jAye to vah ThIk nahIn hai, kyonki jo samasta jaDarUp anAtmA AkAshAdik pAnch dravya hain, unakA