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## Samantabhadra-Bharati
[ Chapter 7
How can the assertion that the object of knowledge (Jnana-dvaita) is the ultimate reality not be contradictory? If we accept the assertion based on other proofs, then everyone will be able to assert their own preferred view, and there will be no way to refute it. If the proof is faulty, then the external object, its similarities and dissimilarities, the objects of knowledge, the internal and external objects, the desirable and undesirable, will all be considered faulty. From the perspective of the knower, both the internal and external objects are external, and they become illusory and faulty due to the faulty proof. In such a situation, how can the distinction between the desirable and undesirable be made if we accept only the internal object (Jnana-dvaita)? It cannot be made. And if we consider the proof to be infallible, then we must accept the external object; because without the external object, there can be no system of proof and apparent proof, as explained in the next verse.
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The validity of intellect and words, and the system of truth and falsehood, depend on the existence or non-existence of the external object.
The validity of intellect and words depends on the existence of the external object, not on its non-existence. The system of truth and falsehood is thus justified in the case of obtaining and not obtaining the object. ||87||
(For self-understanding) the validity of intellect-based knowledge and (for understanding others) the validity of words depends on the existence of the external object (which is knowledge or ignorance from the perspective of the knower), not on its non-existence. In the absence of the external object, there is only apparent proof. Similarly, the system of truth and falsehood of both intellect and words (which are self-other-side-means-fault-based) is justified depending on the existence or non-existence of the external object. The existence of the external object leads to the truth of both, while its non-existence leads to their falsehood.
(In such a situation, the establishment of the external object leads to the 'speaker-listener-knower'