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Chapter VI
सिद्धं चेद्धेतुतः सर्वं न प्रत्यक्षादितो गतिः। सिद्धं चेदागमात् सर्वं विरुद्धार्थमतान्यपि ॥76॥ siddham cheddhetutaḥ sarvam na pratyakşādito
____gatih, siddham chedāgamāt sarvam viruddhārtha-matāny
api.
76. If everything be established by anumāna, there cannot be any knowledge through pratyakşa etc. If everything be established by āgama, the views of the opposite schools are also established.
COMMENTARY Vidyānandi says that in this world the thing to be obtained is first mentioned and then the means to obtain that thing is discussed. Without necessity, even a fool does not work. So the necessity is first established. To get crops we must do works like ploughing etc. To have mokşa (liberation) we must also pursue the proper path, which, according to Jainism, consists of right faith, right knowledge and right conduct. It is only the Charvāka school of philosophgy that does not recognise the next world or liberation. All other schools of Indian philosophy keep liberation as their goal. In this verse, the goal has been
1. “इह हि सकललौकिकपरीक्षकैः उपेयतत्त्वं व्यवस्थाप्योपायतत्त्वं व्यवस्थाप्यते, कृष्यादिषु
प्रवर्तमानानां व्यवस्थित-शस्यायुपेयानामेव तदुपायव्यवस्थापकप्रयत्नोपलम्भात्, 'प्रयोजनमनमुद्दिश्य न मन्दोऽपि प्रवर्तत' इति प्रसिद्धः, मोक्षार्थिनां च प्रेक्षावतां व्यवस्थितोपेय-मोक्षस्वरूपाणामेव तदुपायव्यवस्थापनव्यापारदर्शनात्, अव्यवस्थितमोक्षतत्वानां तदुपायव्यस्थापनपराङ्मुखत्वात् चार्वाकादिवत् ।” Astasahasri.
