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CHAPTER XXIV. “The Revealed Word.”
COMMENTARY.
In the Introductory verses the 'Intervolved Wheel of Causation has been described as 'not dependent upon any self-sufficient Revelation'; the Author sets forth arguments in support of this
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OTHER PEOPLE, WITH INTELLECT OBSCURED BY IGNORANCE, HAVE ASSERTED AS FOLLOWS "IT IS NOT RIGHT THAT ALL THIS IS MERE IDEA (OR COGNITION); BECAUSE THIS IS SET
ASIDE BY THE REVEALED WORD” (2085)
COMMENTARY. • Other people the followers of Jaimini.
These people argue as follows:-"Injunction alone is the basis for determining Dharma (what one should do) and Adharma (what one should not do), the only light available for all beings, being like the common Eye' of all. It must be accepted as authoritative and reliable by all intelligent men seeking to know their Duty (Dharma); not so other words composed by human beings. Because the ordinary human being has his mind beset with Ignorance, Attachment and the rest ; hence his word is not capable of affording the right knowledge of supersensuous things; it is for this reason that
Duty' and such other matters cannot be learnt from the words of such persons.-Nor is Duty amenable to the Senge-porception of people of limited vision; because it is beyond the reach of the Senses and hence absolutely imperceptible.
"For instance Dharma (Duty) and Adharma (its contrary) are characterised by capacity to bring about what is good and what is evil (respectively); as has been asserted in Shabara's Bhāşya-'That alone is spoken of as Dharma which brings about the good (or welfare) of man ;-how do you know that ?-when a man porforms a sacrifice, people call him dhärmika, firm in the performance of his duty; and it is only when one does something that he is called after it ; e.g. the man who does the cooking is called the Cook, and one who does the chopping is called the Chopper ; in the same way that is spoken of by the name Dharma which brings man into contact with the highest good '.
" What thus becomes explained is that Dharma is the capacity of Substance, etc. to bring about what is good. For instance, Substance, Quality
| SR No. | 007609 |
| Book Title | Tattva Sangraha Vol 2 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Kamlashila, Ganganatha Jha |
| Publisher | Oriental Research Institute Vadodra |
| Publication Year | 1939 |
| Total Pages | 887 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 84 MB |