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"THE REVEALED WORD.”
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TEXT (2147).
ONE FOR WHOM BOTH ARE AMENABLE TO AUDITORY PERCEPTION COULD HAVE THE DUAL NOTION; FOR YOU HOWEVER, THE pitch (OF THE LETTER-SOUND) BEING BEYOND THE SENSES, HOW COULD THE SAID PECULIAR FEATURES BE DUE TO THE pitch ?
[Shlokavārtika-Sphota, 38).—(2147)
COMMENTARY.
* One for whom'-i.e. the Grammarian and others, according to whom the manifoster consists of the letter-Sound in the form of ghosa (articulation), not of the conjunctions and disjunctions of Air,- for such men both, the Manifested (letter-Sound) and the Manifester (articulation), are apprehended by auditory perception ; for such people, there may be the two notions, the notion of all as one, and also the notion of the peculiarities of the pitch, etc. But for you, the Mimāmsaka, how could the Pitch, which is in the form of the conjunctions and disjunctions of Air, bring about the notion of the peculiarities,--as such Pitches, etc. are not perceptible by the Ear 2—(2147)
To the above objection, the Mimūmsaka makes the following answer :
TEXT (2148).
* SOME PEOPLE ASSERT THAT WHEN A WORD-SOUND IS COGNISED BY THE EAR AS AFFECTED BY THE DEGREE OF THE PITCH, THEN IT IS THAT THERE IS APPREHENSION OF THE PECULIAR DEGREE
OF PITCH, BROUGHT ABOUT ON ACCOUNT OF ITS BEING MIXED UP WITH THE WORD-SOUND."
- [Shlokavārtika-Sphota, 39).—(2148)
COMMENTARY.
Tadupashlesa'-being mixed with the Word-Sound.
Tasya'-of the Pitch. * Bodhah'-apprehension.
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