Verse 1.24 - Differences between the two kinds of telepathy

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of Tattvartha sūtra 1.24:

विशुद्ध्यप्रतिपाताभ्यां तद्विशेषः ॥ १.२४ ॥

viśuddhyapratipātābhyāṃ tadviśeṣaḥ || 1.24 ||

The differences between the two are due to purity (viśuddhi) and infallibility (apratipāta). (24)

Hindi Anvayarth:

अन्वयार्थ: [विशुद्ध्यप्रतिपाताभ्यां] परिणामों की विशुद्धि और अप्रतिपात अर्थात् केवलज्ञान होने से पूर्व न छूटना [तद्विशेषः] इन दो बातों से ऋजुमति और विपुलमति ज्ञान में विशेषता (अन्तर) है।

Anvayartha: [vishuddhyapratipatabhyam] parinamom ki vishuddhi aura apratipata arthat kevalajnana hone se purva na chutana [tadvisheshah] ina do batom se rijumati aura vipulamati jnana mem visheshata (antara) hai |

Explanation in English from Ācārya Pūjyapāda’s Sarvārthasiddhi:

Other particulars regarding these two varieties of manaḥparyaya-jñānā are described next.

The state of the soul on destruction-cum-subsidence (kṣayopaśama) of the karmic veil covering telepathy is purity. ‘Pratipāta’ is fall. Its opposite is infallibility (apratipāta). The ascetic, whose karmic veil has only subsided (upaśāntakaṣāya) but has not been destroyed, some-times falls from his spiritual height in the presence of powerful con-duct-deluding (cāritramohanīya) karmas. But such a fall does not occur in case of the ascetic whose conduct-deluding (cāritramohaniya) karmas have been completely destroyed (kṣīṇakaṣāya). And the excellence of telepathy depends upon purity–viśuddhi–and absence of fall–apratipāta. First, with regard to purity. Vipulamati is purer than ṛjumati with regard to the object (dravya), space (kṣetra), time (kāla) and nature or condition (bhāva). How? The infinitesimal part of karmic matter is ascertained by perfect clairvoyance (sarvāvadhi-jñāna); its infinitesimal part is the province of ṛjumati. And the infinitesimal part of what is known to ṛjumati is within the reach of vipulamati. Thus the latter knows the infinitesimal part of infinitesi-mal. Its purity with regard to object (dravya), space (kṣetra), time (kāla) has thus been mentioned. Purity in regard to nature or condi-tion (bhāva) must also be understood from the fact that still subtler or minute forms of matter come within the range of vipulamati than ṛjumati as it is accompanied by greater destruction-cum-subsidence (kṣayopaśama) of karmas. Vipulamati is superior to ṛjumati also owing to the absence of downfall or deterioration as it is possessed by those with ascending-conduct (pravardhamāna cāritra). Ŗjumati undergoes downfall or deterioration as it is possessed by those with descending-conduct, owing to the rise of passions (kaṣāya).

If these are the differences between the two kinds of telepathy, what are the differences between telepathy and clairvoyance?

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