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THE DOCTRINE OF WORD-SOUND !
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TEXTS (145-146).
EVEN SO, WHAT IS ACTUALLY PERCEIVED IN THE FORM OF Blue AND THE REST BY PERSONS TRAMELLED BY NESCIENCE WHICH FORM SERVES AS THE BASIS OF REJECTING AND ACQUIRING CERTAIN THINGS,
APART FROM THAT FORM, WHAT IS THERE IN THE FORM OF BRAHMAN UNPERCEIVED, WHICH COULD BE COGNISED AS EXISTING', BY PERSONS WHOSE MIND HAS RISEN ABOVE (THB
SHACKLES OF NESCIENCE)-(145-146)
COMMENTARY
The existence of the cognisable thing can be established only by means of Proofs (Means of Cognition): there is however no proof for (means of cognising) the existence of Brahman as postulated. For instance, It cannot be proved by Perception, as Brahman does not appear in any form other than the Blue and the rest as the basis of such activity as rejecting and acquiring :-and when It does not appear at all in any pure form of Its own), low could It be cognised as existing, by persons whose minds have risen (above the shackles of Nescience and are centred on the path of Reason 1 (145-146)
TEXTS (147-148).
THE UNDIFFERENTIATED BRAHMAN CANNOT BE PROVED BY PERCEPTION,
BECAUSE IT NEVER APPEARS IN THAT FORM AND AS NOTHING CAN BE PRODUCED FROM WHAT IS ETERNAL, THERE CAN BE NO PROBANS IN THE FORM OF AN EFFECT (WHICH COULD LEAD TO THE INFERENCE OF Brahman); AND AS THE VERY EXISTENCE OF THE THING ITSELF (BRAHMAN) IS STILL UNPROVED, NO CHARACTER OF ITS OWN COULD SERVE AS THE PROBANS LEADING TO THE INFERENCE OF THE SAID Brahman); AND APART FROM THESE TWO, THERE CAN BE NO PROBANS WHICH COULD PROVE THE
EXISTENCE (or Brahman).—(147-148)
COMMENTARY
The following might be urged by the other party) :-"The said Brahman is proved by Its own cognition, since it is of the nature of
