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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Presumption due, etc, etc.-i.. based upon the fact that the phenomenon of the hearing of Sound cannot be explained except on the basis of this idea. -(2183-2184)
Or, even the view that the Auditory Organ consists of the indivisible küsha, is not open to the said objections. This is what is oxplained in the following : :
TEXT (2185).
"EVEN IF THE AUDITORY ORGAN (AS CONSISTING OF THE indivisible Akasha) WERE ALL-PERVADING AND ONE,—THE EMBELLISHMENT DUE TO ARTICULATION COULD AFFECT ONLY THE MATERIAL SUBSTRATUM OF THAT ORGAN; HENCE THAT MAN ALONE HEARS THE SOUND THE SUBSTRATUM OF WHOSE ORGAN IS AFFECTED BY THAT EMBELLISHMENT.”-(Shlokavārtika-ETERNALITY OF WORDS, 68-69).
-(2185)
COMMENTARY.
Vyāpi'- Ekam'-qualify . Shrotram' (understood).
Even so, that man alone, no other, hears the Sound whose Ear-drum', as the substratum of the Auditory Organ-is affected by the embellishment due to articulation.
What is meant by this is that the embellishment affects the substratum, not the Auditory Organ ;-and as the substratum varies with each person, the objections in question do not apply at all.-(2185)
The following Text explains that the said objections do not apply even if the embellishment is regarded as affecting the Auditory Organ itself :
TEXT (2186).
"EVEN IF THE EMBELLISHMENT AFFECTS THE organ ITSELF, AS IT COULD AFFECT THE ORGAN ONLY THROUGH ITS SUBSTRATUM, THAT ORGAN OF WHICH THE EAR-DRUM HAS NOT BEEN EMBELLISHED WOULD NOT CATCH THE SOUND.” [Shlokavārtika-ETERNALITY
OF WORDS, 69-70].-(2186)
COMMENTARY * Substratum 'the Ear-drum ; it is through this Ear-drum that there is ombellishment of the Auditory Organ,-not by itself. It is for this reason that in the case of persons at a distance, or with mind preoccupied, or asleep or in a swoon,Sound is not heard, because the substratum of the organ has not been embellished.
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