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TATTVASANGRAHA : CHAPTER XXIV.
TEXT (2097).
"WHEN THE LOGICIAN ASSERTS THE FACT OF THE VEDA BEING THE WORK OF AN AUTHOR, THE REFUTATION OF THAT FACT PROVES THE FACT OF THE VEDA not BEING THE WORK OF AN
AUTHOR.”—(2097)
COMMENTARY.
Question Even on the refutation of the Opponent's view, if the upholder of the Veda does not actually prove his own view, how could the latter be accepted and the upholders of the Veda become satisfied ?
This question is further expounded :
TEXT (2098).
WHEN THERE ARE TWO POSITIVE VIEWS REGARDING A QUESTION-E.G.
PRIMORDIAL MATTER' AND ' Arom' AS THE CAUSE OF THE WORLD,-IF ONE IS NOT PROVED, THE OTHER DOES
NOT BECOME PROVED by itself.-(2098)
COMMENTARY.
The following Text explains the term 'Primordial Matter and Atom
:
TEXT (2099).
EVEN AFTER REFUTING THE FACT OF PRIMORDIAL MATTER BEING THE CAUSE OF THE WORLD, THE IDEA OF THE ATOM BEING THE CAUSE OF THE WORLD HAS GOT TO BE PROVED
BY OTHER REASONS.—(2099)
COMMENTARY.
Even though the Vaishepika has (successfully) refuted the Sankhya view that the World is a product of Primordial Matter, - yet he has got to prove, by means of other Reasons, the fact of the world being the product of Atoms-similarly in the case in question (it is necessary for the Mimāmsaka to adduce reasons in proof of his view).-(2099)
The answer to the above (from the Mimāmsaka) is as follows:
