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TATTVASANGRAHA : CHAPTER III.
Cause, in the shape of Primordial Matter and God, is eternal and hence always present close at hand.-(105)
As regards to second alternative, the objection is stated in the following Text:
TEXT (106).
(b) AS REGARDS THE SECOND ALTERNATIVE, THAT CANNOT BE ACCEPTED
BY THE OTHER PARTY; AND TOR TELAT VERY REASON, IT COULD NOT BE THE EFFECT OF SOME OTHER Cause.-(c) NOR CAN IT BE SELF-SUFFICIENT; AS IT APPEARS ONLY AT
CERTAIN TIMES.-(106)
COMMENTARY.
Apart from Primordial Matter and God, no other Cause is admitted by the Sankhyas, from which the said manifested forma' could be produced,
Nor is the third alternative right; this is what is asserted by the words "nor can it be self-sufficient.-(106)
Says the Opponent"If the said manifested Potency be self-sufficient (self-produced)—why should that be incompatible with the fact of its appearing at only certain times?"
The answer is supplied by the following Text:
TEXT (107)
IF IT WERE SELE-PRODUCBD, THEN IT WOULD BE CAUSELESS; AS ANY OPERATION OF A THING UPON ITSELF IS A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS. IF THERE WERE DEPENDENCE (UPON SOMETIIINO ELSE) THEN THE EFFECTS WOULD BE SUCH AS WOULD
APPEAR AT ONLY CERTAIN TIMES.—(107)
COMMENTARY
If the production' (of the Manifested Potency) trere due to itself-its own nature,--then it would most certainly be causeless,
Question-"Why should an effect produced from itself be causeless, when its own nature (or essence) would be its Cause ?"
Ansier-Any operation of a thing upon itself is a contradiction in terms; any causal action of a thing upon itseli-its own essence-is incompatible.
The following might be urged "Let it be causeless ; oven so the Effect would not appear at only certain times."
Answer-If Were were dependence, etc, etc, Things that are dependent for their existence upon other things can appear only at certain times, as their existence and non-existence would be dependent upon the presence and
| SR No. | 007608 |
| Book Title | Tattva Sangraha Vol 1 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Kamlashila, Ganganatha Jha |
| Publisher | Oriental Research Institute Vadodra |
| Publication Year | 1937 |
| Total Pages | 753 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 42 MB |