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Gaṇadharavada
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that qualities like rupa etc., seen in a għata, do not belong to the ghata, so here also, it is not proper to state that cètană though apprehended in a collection of bhutas. does not belong to the bhūta-samudāya.
Acarya-The argument advanced by you, O Gautama? is absolutely invalid. Just as vegetables etc., found in a collection of earth and water can never be considered to have been produced from the collection of earth and water, sinte they are produced from their seeds; in the same way, còtană also, should never be taken to have been produced from the collection of bhūtas though it is found in a body made of bhūtas such as prithvi etc. For, that cètans is produced from atman which is altogether distinct from the bhūta-samudaya. Thus, there is no contradiction in my argument. But the contradiction lies in your assertion that cètană is produced in each and every individual bhūta.
भूइंदियोवलद्धाणुसरणओ तेहिं भिन्नरूवुस्स ।
चेया पंचगवक्खोवलद्वपुरिसस्स वा सरओ ।। १०९ ।। (१६५६) Bhuindiyovaladdhāņusaraṇao tèhim bhinnarūvassa I Cèyà pancagavakkhovaladdhapurisassa vā saraö 109 (1657) [ भूतेन्द्रियोपलब्धानुस्मरणतस्तेभ्यो भिन्नरूपस्य ।
चेतना पञ्चगवाक्षोपलब्धपुरुषस्येव स्मरतः ॥ १०९ ॥ (१६५७)
Bhütendriyopaladdhanusmaraṇatastèbhyo bhinnarūpasya |
Cètana pancagavākśopalabdha puruṣasy è va smarataḥ. 109 (1657)}
Trans. 109 Like a man who perceives (an object) from five windows and recalls (it) to his mind, cètans being itself (the quality) of an object different from them (i e., bhūtas) perceives (an object) by means of sense-organs (in the form) of bhutas and recalls (the object) to his mind. (1657)
टीका - तेभ्यो भूतेन्द्रियभ्यो भिन्नरूपस्य कस्यापि धर्मश्रेतनेति प्रतिज्ञा।
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