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Ganadharavada
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" किं जीवोऽस्ति नास्ति वा ? " इत्येवं संशयं जीवे करोषि त्वम् । तदमुं मा कृथाः, यस्माद् " विज्ञानधन एव०" इत्यादिवाक्यस्य नायमर्थो यं भवानध्यवस्यति, किन्त्वसुं वक्ष्यमाणं पदार्थमिह निशमयाऽऽकर्णयेति ॥ ४३-४४ ( १५९१ - १५९२ ) ॥
D. C.-O Gautama! You interpret this sentence in the way just shown. And hence, you conclude that the soul does not exist. At the same time, you notice that the following sentences of the vèda establishing the existence of the soul:
"Na ha vai saśarìrasya priyā' priyayorapahatirasti, asarirasya vā vasantam priya'priyè na sprśataḥ. "
Moreover from the sentences such as,
Agnihotrm juhuyāt svargakāmaḥ "
It follows that there accrues a fruit of an offering, oblation to fire, etc.,-a fruit to be enjoyed during the next birth, and this fruit can have no meaning unless it is admitted that the soul goes in, for another existence or birth.
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These various statements lead you to doubt the existence of the soul. But, there is n no need of entertaining such a doubt as this doubt is due to your misinterpreting the sentence, viz., vijñānaghana èva" etc.
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The real interpretation of this sentence is as follows : please hear it—
विष्णाणा ओsणपणो विण्णाणघण्णो त्ति सव्वओवावि । स भवइ भूएहिंतो घडविण्णाणाइ भावेण ॥ ४५ ॥ (१५९३) नाई चिय भूयाई सोऽणुविणस्सह विणस्समाणाइं । अस्थंतरोबओगे कमसो विण्णेय भावेणं ॥ ४६ ॥ (१५९४)
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