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vacana, and the vacaniya bhāvas true or false? If it is true, the abhāva of the above-mentioned objects, could not be attained on account of its own existence. And if is is false, the statement will cease to be a pramaņa to establish sunyatā. Thus, it is not possible to establish sunyata in either of the two ways.
Vyakta :-But the statement which establishes sūnyatā has anyhow been accepted by us. Our vacana is, therefore, authentic, and sūnyata has undoubtedly been established.
Bhagavān :-That is not true, O Vyakta! For, in accepting the above-mentioned statement, the same fault will arise when you ask the question as to whether that vacana is true or false and so on. Moreover, you cannot accept the vacana, unless the person who accepts the vacana to be accepted and the acceptance itself are existent.
The theory of sarvaśūnyatā seems unfounded from this point of view also.
Moreover,
famug få - àg arawis faèg fa fanfeu ? I किं व न सव्वं सिज्झइ सामग्गीउ खपुष्फाणं ९ ॥१८८॥ (१७३६)
Sikayāsu kim na taillam sāmaggtu tilèsu vi kimatthi ? Kim va na savvam sijjhai samaggiu khapupphāņam 188 (1736)
[ fùmaig fá a åð arutaftadsaft faufta ? 1
किं वा न सर्व सिध्यति सामग्रीतः खपुष्पानाम् १ || १८८ || (१७३६)
Sikatāsu kim na tailan samagritastilèṣvapi kimasti? Į Kim vā na sarvam siddhyati samagritaḥ khapuṣpānām. 188 (1736)]
Trans. 188 Why is the oil not (manufactured) from the materials like sands and why from sesamum seeds only? Or, why not everything be attained from the materials of khapuspas (only)? (1736).
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