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SECTION X "WORLDY BONDAGE RESULTS FROM EVEN SLIGHT IGNORANCE' AND ‘MOKSA RESULTS FROM EVEN SLIGHT KNOWLEDGE
Verses 96-100 अज्ञानाच्चेद् ध्रुवो बन्धो ज्ञेयानन्त्यान्न केवली। ज्ञानस्तोकाद् विमोक्षश्दज्ञानाद् बहुतोऽन्यथा॥९६॥
If it is maintained that worldly bondage necessarily results from (even slight) ignorance, then nobody can ever attain mokṣa inasmuch as there are an infinite number of things there to be known. On the other hand, if it is maintained that moksa (necessarily) results from even slight knowledge, then the question arises why there should also be no worldly bondage in that case and that for the simple reason that a lot of ignorance is yet left over. (96)
___ अथ दशमः परिच्छेदः यदि बन्धोऽयम् अज्ञानात्, नेदानी कश्चित् मुच्यते, सर्वस्यैव क्वचित् अज्ञानोपपत्तेः ज्ञेयानन्त्यात्।यदिपुनः ज्ञाननिर्हासात् ब्रह्मप्राप्तिः, अज्ञानात् सुतरांप्रसज्येत, दुःखनिवृत्तेरिव सुखप्राप्तिः ।।९६।।
विरोधान्नोभयैकात्म्यं स्याद्वादन्यायविद्विषाम्। अवाच्यतैकान्तेऽप्युक्ति वाच्यमिति युज्यते ॥९७।।
The enemies of the logic of syādvāda can also not maintain that the two viz. ‘necessary causation of worldly bondage by even slight ignorance' and 'necessary causation of mokṣa by even slight knowledge') characterize
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