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"THE REVEALED WORD."
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It cannot be right to urge that,"Defects being inherent in men, the falsity of their assertion is always suspected; which is not the case with superhuman assertions".
Because in the case of assertions not proceeding from man also, the suspicion is always likely that it may be bringing about false cognitions.(2443)
The same idea is further explained :
TEXT (2444).
THUS IN THE MATTER OF SUPER-SENSUOUS THINGS, ALL WORDS ARE OP EQUAL STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS; WHY THEN SHOULD YOU
BE IN LOVE WITH ONLY ONE KIND OF THEM !-(2444)
COMMENTARY. * AN'-Human and Non-human. One kind'-The non-human.-(2444)
It has been argued by the Mimāmsaka, under Text 2113,-"Even those who are hostile to the Veda do not assert any reason why it should not be a Means of Right Cognition, etc. etc."
The answer to this is as follows:
TEXT (2445).
THE PRINCIPLE JUST EXPLAINED FORMS THE REASON WHY IT IS ASSERTED BY THE WISE THAT THE VEDA CANNOT BE REGARDED AS A MEANS OF RIGHT COGNITION. AND IN THIS THEY
SAY WHAT IS PERFECTLY TRUE. -(2445)
COMMENTARY.
*The Principle just explained '-viz. that "Words, dependent upon mere whim, can have no inseparable connection with the real state of things'.
The wise'-i.e. the Buddhists.
The Author of the Bhagya (Shabara) has declared as follows:-"The cognition derived from the Vedic assertion is direct perception; and no Inference can be reliable when it is opposed to Perception" (Sū. 1. 1. 2). [Translation, p. 6);-and again—"As a matter of fact it is the Vedic Injunction which is capable of making known what is past, present and future, also what is subtle or hidden or remote and such like ; this cannot be done by any organ of sense". [Translation, p. 4.]
All this becomes discarded by what has been said above as all this is equally applicable to human assertions also.-(2445)
| 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 |