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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TATTVASANGRAHA : CHAPTER XXIV.
TEXTS (2286-2287).
"As A MATTER OF FACT, THE ORDER OF SEQUENCE IS NOT A PRODUCT ;
BECAUSE IT IS ALWAYS ACCEPTED AS AN ALREADY ESTABLISHED ENTITY; THE SPEAKER DOES NOT ADOPT ANY ORDER INDEPENDENTLY BY HIS OWN CHOICE ; IN FACT, HE ALWAYS DESIRES TO UTTER THE WORD IN THE SAME FORM IN WHICH IT HAS BEEN UTTERED BY OTHERS IN THE PAST ; AND OTHER PERSONS COMING LATER ALSO UTTER IT IN THAT SAME FORM THUS IT IS THAT THIS ALSO IS WITHOUT BEGINNING, LIKE THE CONNECTION OF THE MEANING)."-Shlokavārtika—ETERNALITY OF WORDS, 287-289).-(2286-2287)
COMMENTARY.
Because it is always, ele. eto. i.e. the Speaker adopts the already existing order.
This is further clarified— The Speaker does not, etc. etc.. Like the Connection, the Order also is without beginning.-(2286-2287)
The argument is summed up by the Mimāmsaka in the following:
TEXT (2288).
"THUS THEN, EVEN THOUGH THE ORDER IS NOT SOMETHING unchangeable (AND eternal IN THAT SENSE), YET IT IS eternal, In usage. AND WE HAVE TO MAKE AN EFFORT TO REFUTE THE IDEA OF MEN BEING INDEPENDENT (IN THEIR CHOICE OF THE ORDER OF LETTERS USED)."- [Shlokavārtika-ETERNALITY OF WORDS,
289-290].-(2288)
COMMENTARY.
Nah the Genitive ending is due to the verbal affix found in pratişedhya'.
The objection that has been urged is therefore not applicable.
Thus though the Order is not eternal in the sense of being unchangeable, like the Hill, yet its eternality has to be accepted on the basis of the usage of experienced persons.
What this means is that the Order is eternal for all practical purposes, and not unchangeably eternal, like the Hills.—(2288)
QuestionIf that is so in the case of the Order, why is not the eternality' of the Letters also regarded as being for practical purposes only?
Answer: