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OU things cannot wait for the production of an effect. So we have to accept the fact that words are not eternal, but are endowed with the power to produce the knowledge of things.
8. There being no connection between the objects and the sentences, it is not necessary to postulate the eternity of the sentences. Further, according to your theory there cannot be any sentences, as they merely are combination of words. If the sentences were merely combinations of words, then the letters so combined have no meanings to express. If the letters arranged one after another are to be considered as a sentence, then how can eternal letters have arrangement, being as they are for ever existent and omnipresent? But what we believe is that the Vedas are composed according to the ideas of their authors, in the same way as the words Guņa and Vșiddhi are used by Panini and stories was told by the people. It is also impossible to know the connection of the words with the object, just as the heaven and sacrifices.
9. You cannot maintain that the Vedas are eternal and divine, because they contain many unpleasant things such as Kama, Mithya, Kriya, Pránihimsd etc. The same can be applied to the works of Sugata also by explaining the expressions about the authors mentioned in them as Smrtikarta just as the Kathaka, etc. are taken by you. Again, in view of the fact that the theory of momentariness is established the Vedas cannot be considered as eternal. So the Vedas have no authority on points of Dharma, but to learn Dharma we should go to a person who is pure, and who possesses a clear knowledge of the universe, in order to obtain truth and emancipation,
XXV. Svataḥprâmâạyapariksa.
Examination of Self-Evidence. 1. It should be admitted that all Vijfânas have the power to be correct in their reflections. Whenever there is knowledge it is self-evident, and there is no necessity for other proofs for Macertaining its correctness. If every knowledge requires other
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| SR No. | 010566 |
| Book Title | Tattvasangraha 01 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Embar Krishnamacharya |
| Publisher | Central Library |
| Publication Year | 1926 |
| Total Pages | 832 |
| Language | Hindi, Sanskrit |
| Classification | Book_Devnagari |
| File Size | 57 MB |