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"THE REVEALED WORD."
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through the Universal subsisting in the various factors of the Action, etc. etc.".
As against this, it is pointed out in the following Text that the Corroborative Instance, Moving About, etc.' is 'inadmissible':
TEXT (2686).
JUST AS IN THE ACTIONS OF MOVING ABOUT, ETC. THERE IS NO ORDER OF SEQUENCE THROUGH THE UNIVERSALS, SO TOO THERE IS none AMONG THE PALATE, ETC., THE ARTICULATION AND
THE LETTER.-(2686)
COMMENTARY.
That is, because the very idea of the Universal' itself has been discarded.-2686)
It has been argued by the Mimamsaka under Text 2297, that-The individual Articulations themselves being extremely subtle, etc, etc.".
The answer to this is as follows:
TEXT (2687).
THE COGNITION OF THE PROPERTIES OF THE UNIVERSAL cannot BE DUE TO THE SUBTLE NATURE OF THE INDIVIDUALS; nor OAN THERE BE, THROUGH THIS, THE COGNITION OF ORDER AMONG THE LETTERS, EVEN THOUGH THESE ARE ALL
PERVADING.—(2687)
COMMENTARY. The second line is the answer to what has been asserted by the Mimām. saka in the second line of Text 2297.-(2687)
It has been argued by the Mimāmsaka in Text 2298, that—"The Latters following up the properties of the Articulations, which appear there as eternal, become expressive of diverse meanings ".
The answer to this is as follows:
TEXT (2688). CONSEQUENTLY, THE LETTERS, FOLLOWING THE PROPERTIES OF THE ARTICULATIONS, WHICH APPEAR AS ETERNAL, cannot BECOME
EXPRESSIVE OF DIVERSE MEANINGS.—(2688)
COMMENTARY.
It has been asserted by the Mimamsaka in Text 2294, that," there are distinct Universals of the Articulations, etc. etc.".