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"THE REVEALED WORD."
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TEXTS (2400-2401). FURTHER, IF YOU ARE REALLY EAGER TO REGARD THE VEDA AS VALID AND RELIABLE, THEN TRY AND PROVE THAT IT IS THE WORK OF A PERSON FREE FROM DEFECTS AND SO FORTH. IF IT IS COMPOSED BY A FAULTLESS AUTHOR AND IS EXPOUNDED IN THE WORLD BY FAULTLESS EXPOUNDERS, IT CERTAINLY CAN BE THE MEANS OF OBTAINING THE COGNITION OF THE REAL TRUTH REGARDING THINGS.
(2400-2401)
COMMENTARY. is meant to include the faultless expounders-(2400
And so forth 2101)
Question—"How can validity and reliability be accepted as attaching to the Veda as composer and explained by faultlers persons ?" Answer:
TEXT (2402). THE WELL-DEFINED AND EXCELLENT WORDS OF PERSONS FULL OF WISDOM AND COMPASSION, EVEN THOUGH EMANATING FROM PERSONALITIES,
ARE ACTUALLY THE MEANS OF TRUE COGNITIONS.-(2402)
COMMENTARY This has been thus declared by Shabarasvämin (in his Bhäsya on Sū. 1. 1. 2)—"As regards the assertion of ordinary men, if it emanates from a trustworthy person or if it pertains to something that is directly perceived by the senses, it must be true”. (Translation, p. 4.)
Saduūchah'-Excellent assertions.-(2402)
The following Text again shows the 'inconclusiveness of not being the tcork of a Person as a Reason for reliability.
TEXT (2403). AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE VEDA CANNOT BE REGARDED AS A SOURCE OF RIGHT COGNITION, SIMPLY BECAUSE IT IS NOT THE WORK OF MAN. BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN FOUND THAT SUCH THINGS As forest-fire AND THE LIKE (WHICH ARE NOT
THE WORK OF MAN) ARE THE SOURCE
OF FALSE COGNITIONS.--(2403)
COMMENTARY.
Mistaken cognitions do not always arise from the presence of defects in men ; even in cases where no such defects are possible,-e.g. in the case of
| SR No. | 007609 |
| Book Title | Tattva Sangraha Vol 2 |
| 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 |