Tattva Sangraha Vol 2

SR No.: 007609
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

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" THE REVEALED WORD."
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TEXTS (2150-2153).
THOSE WHO HAVE THEIR MINDS PERVERTED BY THE DISORDERS OF
BILE PERCEIVE THE sweet as bilter, AND white as yellow ; THOSE WHO ARE RUNNING FAST, OR SAILING IN A BOAT, MISTAKE THE HILL AND OTHER OBJECTS TO BE MOVING; THOSE WHO HAVE APPLIED THE FAT OF THE FROG TO THEIR EYES MISTAKE THE PIECE OF BAMBOO TO BE A SERPENT IN THE SAME MANNER, THROUGH THE HIGHER AND LOWER INTENSITIES OF THE INDIVIDUALS, PEOPLE HAVE THE IDEA OY THE Universal AS BEING THE SUBSTRATUM OF THOSE INTENSITIES. -JUST AS, IN THE CASES CITED, PEOPLE HAVE THE IDEAS (or bitterness, ETC.) WITHOUT HAVING ANY PERCEPTION OF THEIR CAUSES (IN THE SHAPE OF THE DISORDERED BILE, ETC.)—SO, IN THE CASE IN QUESTION, WITHOUT COGNISING THE VARYING DEGREES OF PITCH IN THE MANIFESTER, THERE WOULD BE A MISTAKEN IDEA OF THESE IN CONNECTION WITH THE MANIFESTED."-[Shlokavārtika-Sphota, 41-44].—(2150-2153)
COMMENTARY.
Through the disorders of Bile, people apprehend the sweet thing as bitter, without having any idea of the character of the Bile ;-similarly while running fast or sailing fast on a boat, people are led to the mistaken notion of the Hill and other objects moving along similarly when one applies the fat of the frog to his eyes, he perceives bamboo-pieces as serpents ;similarly, through the varying degrees of intensity in the Individuals, people have the idea of the Universal as being the substratum of those degrees;
Being' being the largest, highest, Universal, and the Cow and the like being the lesser, smaller, Universals.-If it were not so, then, being eternal and all-pervasive, all Universals would be equal; and in that case to what could the largeness' or 'smallness of the Universals be due -Hence the conclusion is that-just as people have the notion of Bitter in connection with the Sweet thing, without having any notion of the Bile to which the misconception is due,-50 also, in the case in question, without apprehending the larger or smaller intensity in the Manifester, people would have the misconception of these in connection with the manifested Sound.
Abudhva', 'without cognising' ;-the sequence of the nominative agent is in reference to the action of misconception'; otherwise the Pastparticipial affix Ktvá' would not be possible.—(2150-2153)
Question How do you know that the idea of Larger and Smaller intensity that appears in connection with Sound is due to extraneous circumstances, and the Sound itself has no such diversity ?
Answer (from the Mimāmsaka) :