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true, (41) since it is pleasant to the hungry, and unpleasant to the surfeited; (42) and many other statements of this description-(43) that which should be said in reply to their twaddle is summarily (44) such as the wise have told them (45) thus :—' Even this statement of you sophists, about the jaundiced nature of everything, is alike jaundiced, and there is no truth in it.'
46. Many other things are said among them; (47) and this that is indicated by us is the predominant information for you victors, (48) so that you may obtain more from revelation.
CHAPTER VII. 1. Another subject is about the existence of a competitor of a different nature, as shown above, (2) that, from the constructing, qualifying, and ennobling of things so sagaciously, and even from the circumstances of an unimproving (a kârîk) hand put upon the concentrated light, it is manifest that its maker, constructor, concentrator, and qualifier is sagacious. 3. Also his constructing sagaciously is manifest, from each separately, through the qualifying and ennobling of his own works severally. 4. And his working sagaciously is an indicator that his work is purposed and caused, (5) because every one of the works of the sagacious ought to be purposed and caused. 6. The purpose and cause of a work arise first, the work itself afterwards.
7. From the many kinds of his work it is manifest that his work is willed and requisite. 8. For there
Chaps. IV, 11, 12, V, 54-56.
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| SR No. | 007677 |
| Book Title | Saddharma Pundarika |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | H Kern |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1884 |
| Total Pages | 2546 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 46 MB |