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TATTVASANGRAHA : CHAPTER XXIV.
"Yathapătram-as many as the number of vessels that are thero.
It is for this reason that the Sun appears to be of diverse forms. How then can there be multiplicity of the Sun It cannot be ; because what is diverse is the functioning of the Eye.-(2216-2217)
The following Text shows that it is by reason of the populiar function. ing of the Eye that the Sun, though really one, is perceived as several :
TEXT (2218).
“WHEN THE EYE IS SLIGHTLY PRESSED BY THE FINGER, EVEN A SINGLE OBJECT IS PERCEIVED AS DIVERSE, BECAUSE OF THE DIVERSITY IN THE FUNCTIONING OF THE EYE. THE SAME THING HAPPENS IN THE CASE IN QUESTION ALSO, --ACCORDING TO US."-[Shloka
vārtika-ETERNALITY OF WORDS-182-183).- (2218)
COMMENTARY.
* Isat - slightly, a little.-When the Eye is so prossed, even a single object is perceived as diverse-many--why 1-bocauso the functioning of the Eye has been diversified. In the same manner, for us, the single WordSound would be heard as diverse (if there are adequate reasons for it). (2218)
TEXTS (2219-2220).
* OTHER PEOPLE WHO HOLD THE VIEW THAT THE REFLECTED IMAGE IS
ACTUALLY PRODUCED (AS SOMETHING DIFFERENT FROM THE REFLEOTED OBJECT) URGE THE FOLLOWING OBJECTION - IF THE SAME SUN IS SEEN IN THE SEVERAL VESSELS, WHY IS NOT THE SAME SEEN AS BEING OVERHEAD (OVER ONE'S HEAD, LIKE THE REAL Sun)? How TOO COULD IT BE SEEN BELOW, IN WELLS AND SUCH OTHER DEEP WATERRESERVOIRS, IF THE REFLECTED IMAGE WERE NOT ACTUALLY PRODUCED THERE ? FURTHER, HOW IS IT THAT WHEN A MAN FACING THE EAST LOOKS AT THE MIRROR, HE PERCEIVES HIMSELF AS FACING THE WEST!'”-[Shlokavārtika-ETERNALITY OF WORDS-183-185). --(2219-2220)
COMMENTARY.
It was argued (under Text 2210) that just as in the Water, the single Sun is seen as diverse, etc, etc.'; and as invalidating this reason, some people think that the Reflected Image is something entirely different from the Reflected Object; and they argue as follows: