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MINDNOTESThe real Svarupa of one thirrg does not appear. A falseform appears in its stead. I wil! give you a clear illustration.Mother-of-pear! is mistaken for silver. A post is taken for a man.A rope is mistaken for a snake. Viparyaya is wrong cognitionbrought about by some defect either in the object itself or in themeans leading to it. Doubt is also included in this.5. Vikalpa{lqflilgqrfrqq+ft6s' 11-e{le< mere words, TFt knowtedge, effi followed in consequence,q\l reality, {f,tt: nothing, destitute of, t*fi-fr: imagination.Imagination follows from mere words which have nothingin reality.NOTESAs instances of Vikalpa we have: 'horns of a hare', 'son ofa barren woman', 'lotus in the sky', 'intelligence of Purusha','head of Rahu', etc. The difference between Vikalpa andMparyaya lies in the fact that Vikalpa can hardly be removed bya carefulobservation of the object, as Mparyaya is. As soon asyou closely observe, the notion of silver in the mother-of-pear!,or snake in the rope, disappears.Mind havocs through the power of imagination. lmaginaryfears of various sorts, exaggeration, concoction, mentaldramatisation, building castles in the air, are all due to thepower of imagination. Even a perfect man full of health hassome imaginary disease or other due to the power of imaginationof the mind. A man may have a little weakness or Dosha(fault). When he becomes yourenemy, you at once exaggerateand magnify his weaknesses and Doshas. This is due to thepower of imagination. Much energy is wasted on account ofimaginary fears.Whenever the minds of two friends are strained by ill-feelings,these minds begin to exaggerate and concoct things.