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is not perceived; hence it follows that there can be no cognition of the nature of the thing' (the Cause)".
In the following Text,-it is shown that the Reason put forward is not unproven' (hence inadmissible)
TEXT (111).
* WHO MAKES THE DIVERSITY IN THE LOTUS AND ITS FILAMENTS, ETC.?
BY WHOM TOO HAVE THE VARIEGATED WINGS OF THE
PEACOCK AND SUCH THINGS BEEN CREATED ?"-(111)
COMMENTARY. Rajiua' is Lotus ;--the filaments, etc.' of the Lotus. Such is the analysis of the compound; Et cetera' is meant to include the Stalk, the Petals, the Pericarp and other parts, also the sharpness of thorns and the like-Diversity':-such diversities as those of shape, colour, hardness and the like-'Who makes ? !-The sense is that no one makes it, since we do not find any such cause as God and the like.(111)
The following might be urged"Even if it be regarded as proved that external things are without cause, because no such cause is perceived, - How can it be taken as proved in regard to internal things"
The answer to this is provided by the following Text:
TEXT (112)
"JUST AS THE SHARPNESS AND OTHER PROPERTIES OF THE THORN AND OTHER THINGS MUST BE REGARDED AS without cause, ON THE GROUND OF THEIR APPEARING AT CERTAIN TIMES ONLY,-50 ALSO MUST PAIN AND OTHER (INTERNAL) THINGS BE REGARDED AS
without Cause."-(112)
COMMENTARY.
"Even though the fact of Pain and other internal things being without cause is not proved by Perception, yet it is clearly proved by Inference. For instance, what appears only at certain times is definitely known to be without cause,-e.g, the Sharpness of the Thorn and such things ;-Pain and such internal things appear only at certain times; hence this is a Reason based upon the nature of things. Nor is it right to hold that when a certain thing is present or absent when another thing is present or absent, then the latter should be regarded as the 'Cause of the former as this is not found to be always true; for instance, Visual perception is present when there is Touch (in the object perceived), and is absent when there is no Touch; and yet Touch is not the Cause' of Visual perception. Hence the said definition
