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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TEXT (2209). " AS REGARDS THE VIEW THAT THERE IS EMBELLISHMENT OF BOTH, THE ASSERTION THAT IT IS OPEN TO BOTH SETS OP OBJECTIONS IS FUTILE. BECAUSE WHEN SOUND IS NOT HEARD BY ALL, IT IS DUE TO THE DEFICIENCY IN EITHER ONE OF THE TWO."-[Shlokavārtika-ETERNALITY OF WORDS—86-87].-(2209)
COMMENTARY. The assertion made previously that both sets of objections are applicable is futile, useless.
Why?
Because, to the deficiency in either one of the two-of the embellishment of the Auditory Organ, or of the embellishment of the object, Sound-is due the fact that Sound is not heard. For instance, even when the embellishment of the Sound is there, the deaf man does not hear the Sound, because his organ is deficient; and even when there is no deafness, if there is no manifestation of the Sound (by articulation), there is no hearing of the Sound.
The reading in some places is * mrsa dopadvayê vachah', the meaning of which is clear.-(2209
Says the Opponent-If the Word-Sound is all-pervading, how is it that it is perceived as several-just like the Jar, when there is diversity of place? As a matter of fact, as it is all-pervading, it should be always perceived in an uninterrupted form. Nor should there be any distinctions of far and near in the case of what is all-pervading ;-nor can it come in from any place, as it is always present everywhere. Further as it is eternal, there can be no such distinctions as long and short, or of various degrees of loudness and so forth. Nor again is difference of time possible.-From all this it follows that because Sound is actually perceived as affected and diversified in place, time and form, therefore, like the Jar, it must be diverse and evanescent. How then is it that the assertion has been mado above (under Text 2207) that- Inasmuch as the idea of the production of Sound has been rejected, etc. etc." ?
The Mimämsaka's answer to the above is as follows:
• TEXT (2210). * THOUGH THE SUN is one, YET IT IS SEEN (BY ONE AND THE SAME MAN) AS DIVERSE IN WATER AND OTHER SURFACES AT THE SAME TIME ; AND YET IT DOES NOT MAKE IT many : THE SAME SHOULD BE UNDERSTOOD TO BE THE CASE WITH SOUND ALSO."-[Shlokavārtika-ETERNALITY OF WORDS, 178-179, though the reading there is slightly different].-(2210)
COMMENTARY. What is meant to be shown by this is that the fact of being perceived as diverse in different places, as a Reason for diversity, is 'Inconclusive ',-(2210)