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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time in the Word). For example, when the character of holding the stick belongs to Devadatta, it is not possible that the stick should not continue as long as Devadatta is there.
"Tied up together as by a chain'-Hi' stands for because. The sense thus is as follows:- Because the nature of being cognised and the nature of being Cognition are tied together as by a chain, therefore it becomes established that whenever the one is present, the other also has to be present, —without fail.-(2502-2504)
Question - "Let that be so; what is the harm ? " Answer
TEXT (2505). IN THAT CASE, IT WOULD MEAN THAT THE WORD-SOUND, WHICH CONTINUES TO BE INSEPARABLY RELATED TO THE COGNITION PRODUCIBLE OF THE EMBELLISHED AUDITORY ORGAN, WOULD BE CLEARLY PRESENT EVEN WHEN THE AUDITORY ORGAN HAS NOT BEEN
EMBELLISHED.—(2505)
COMMENTARY. After the compound ending with 'Sambaddha', the phrase "Shabdah anutartata' is understood.
Thus then, because the Word connected with the Cognition producible by the Embellished Organ continues for all time, therefore it follows that even for the man whose Auditory Organ has not been embellished, the said Cognition would be there ; so that there would be no use for the Embellish. ment of the Auditory Organ-(2505)
The second alternative [noted in the Introduction to Text 2502, that by its very nature, the Word-Sound is not endowed with the character of being apprehended by its Cognition') also is open to the following objection:
TEXT (2506). IF THE WORD-SOUND IS NOT OF THE NATURE OF BEING APPREHENDED BY ITS COGNITION, THEN, IN THAT CASE, IT WOULD BE ON THE SAME FOOTING AS TASTE AND OTHER THINGS, WHICH ALSO ARE NOT OF THE NATURE OF BEING APPREHENDED BY THE COGNITION OF WORD-SOUND; AND IN THAT CASE, AUDITORY PERCEPTION WOULD NOT BE THE COGNITION of
Sound.-(2506)
COMMENTARY. This is easily understood.-(2506)
All this has been said after admitting (for the sake of argument) that the Cognition, which is not helped by the Word-Sound, is of the nature
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