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Yoga-Dristi-Samuchaya
Water is inherently cool and therefore gets wet, yet a sophist will try to prove that water's nature is to burn, because water burns in the presence of fire, hot water burns, this is a direct experience. Thus, a sophist can extract a meaning that pleases his father from the same thing, under the guise of the nature of things!
What? He says
कोशपानादृते ज्ञानोपायो नास्त्यत्र युक्तितः। विप्रकृष्टोऽप्ययस्कान्तः स्वार्थकद्दश्यते यतः ॥ ९४ ॥ There is no way of knowing other than by memorizing, this is established by logic! Because even though it is far away, the lodestone;
Always performs its own work, it is seen here, 94
Meaning- Here, there is no way of knowing other than by memorizing, because even a far-off lodestone is seen to perform its own work (the work of the father).
Then someone will say that there is no other way of knowing than by memorizing (memorizing the words, that is)! This can be established in the context of nature by the logic of the dry. He who speaks of nature will, in turn, argue as above, using the logic of the same nature. He will then object to the far-fetched argument, that is, the remoteness, and this too can be removed by the example of the lodestone: even a far-off lodestone attracts iron, that is, it is seen to have the nature of performing the work of the father, such as attracting iron.
Kritti- There is no way of knowing other than by memorizing, in the context of nature, because there is another example that supports this meaning, established by logic, by the logic of dry reasoning, therefore it is said - विलोडरदांन्तः- far-off lodestone, the one who performs its own work, the one who has the nature of performing its own work, such as attracting iron, is seen because it is seen.
But the same far-off lodestone attracts only iron, not copper, etc., it does not cut it. Therefore, just as this, how is the nature of fire, etc., affected by the burning? It is appropriate to think that it is not affected by anything.