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Jinabhadra Gani's [ The eighter various Déda-padas having contradictory senses. The Véda-padas are as follows :
(1) "Nārako var éşa jāyaté yaḥ śudrānnamas'nāte" etc (2) "Na ha vai prétya Narakah santi" etc.
According to you, the interpretation of these sentences is this. (1) "A brāhmaṇa who eats the food of s'udras becomes a
nāraka" (This proves the existence of helish denizens.) (2) "In fact, there is nothing like närakas in the next
world?)"In fac
This proves the existence of närakas. But you have not grasped the real import of those V'éda-padas. 1133911 (1887)
Here I give their full significanceतं मनसि पञ्चक्खा देवा चंदादओ तहन्ने वि । विजा-मंतोवायणफलाइसिद्धीए गम्मति ॥ ३४० ॥ (१८८८) जे पुण मुइमेत्तफला नेरइय त्ति किह ते गहेयव्वा । सक्खमणुमाणओ वाऽणुवलंभाभिन्नजाईया? ॥३४१॥ (१८८९) Tam mannasi paccakkhā dévă candadaö tahanné vi i Vijja-mantovayanaphalaisiddhie gammanti 113401 ( 1888 ) Je puna suimettaphală Néraiya Hi kiha té gahéyayvā Sakkhamaņumāno vă’ņuvalambhā bhinnajāiyă 13411 (1889,
[स्वं मन्यसे प्रत्यक्षा देवाश्चन्दादयस्तथान्येऽपि । विद्या-मन्त्रोपायनफलादिसिद्धगम्यते ॥ ३४० ॥ (१८८८) ये पुनः श्रुतिमात्रफला नैरयिका इतिकर्य ते ग्रहीतव्याः । साक्षादनुमानतो वाऽनुपजम्मा भिमजातीयाः? ॥३४१॥ (१८८९)
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