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(B) MMĀMSĂ DOCTRINE OF THE SELF
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TEXTS (223-225).
"JUST AS, IN THE CASE OF THE SERPENT, THE 'COILED TORM DISAPPEARS, AND AFTER THAT, APPEARS THE STRAIGHTENED FORM, BUT THE CHARAOTER OF BEING SERPENT' CONTINUES THROUGH BOTH STATES IN THE SAME MANNER, IN THE CASE OF THE SOUL, THERE IS NO COMPLETE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE CHARACTER OF ETERNAL SENTIENCE'; NOR IS THERE CONTINUANCE OF ITS WHOLE CHARACTER; THERE IS DISAPPEARANCE OF SUCH OF ITS STATES AS ' PLEASURE, PAIN AND THE LIKE, -AND THESE APPEAR AGAIN ; BUT THROUGH ALL THESE SENTIENCE CONTINUES.”—(223-225)
COMMENTARY.
In the case of the Serpent,-snake,-though it remains one and the same, the coiled form disappears and the straightened form appears, and yet the character of the Serpent' continues in both forms in the same manner, in the case of the Soul,-though it is of the naturo of eternal Intelligence, and one only, yet, there never is disappearance of its whole character, nor is there a continuance of its whole character, -as postulated by the Naiyyika in regard to their Soul'; what happens is that its states of Pleasure, etc. go on disappearing and appearing again, but the form of *Intelligence continues to permeate throngh all these states; hence there is no incompatibility between the exclusive and inclusive character.-Such is the sense of the Text as a whole.
The meaning of the words is as follows:- The compound word 'nilyo. chailanyasvabhänsya' is to be explained as 'that which has eternal Intelligence for its form' ;-whole character', i.e. of the entire form; continuity there is not'; such is the construction ;- and these appear again! -.e. the states of . Pleasure and the like.-(223-225)
Question-Why is the theory of Abrolite Exclusion not accepted, -as it is by the Bauldhas, who postulate absolute (traceless) Destruction of things,-or even the theory of Absolute Inclusion (all-comprehensiveness). as it is by the Naiyāyika and others!
The answer is as follows:
