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TATTVA-KAUMUDÍ
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A bird soaring high, though existing, is yet not perceived by the eye, on account of its extreme remoteness. 'Excessive' fati) must also be taken with proximity' (sāmipya lm e. g. the collyrium applied to the eye is not seen, because of extreme nearness.
“ Destruction of organs"-e. g., blindness, deafness, etc.
" From absence of mind"-e. g., a person, under the influence of love or some other strong emotion does not perceive things, even in bright day-light, though quite within the range of his senses.
"From subtlety "me. 8., however much one may concentrate one's mind ( i. e., however attentively one may look ) one can never perceive atoms and such other things, though they may be under one's very eyes.
" From Intervention "-e. g., one cannot see the Queen and other persons hidden behind the walls.
" From suppression"-e. g., the planets and stars are not seen during the day, because they are suppressed by the brighter rays of the sun.
“From intermixture"-e.g., one does not perceive drops of rain-water, disappearing in a tank.
(56) The particle 'ca' in the Karikā has a collective force, and it includes even those not here mentioned ; such as * non-manifestation' also becomes included ( among the causes of non-perception )--as one cannot perceive, in the milk, the curd, because the latter has not become manifested
(57) The upshot of the whole then is this :-The nonexistence of a certain object cannot be inferred merely from the fact of its not being perceived; for there is danger of such a principle being unwarrantably stretched too far. For instance, a certain individual, getting out of his house, would in that case, conclude that the people in the house are non-existent, simply because he does not see them. As a matter of fact, however, it is not so. The fact is that it is only
