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character of being the 'Enjoyor' as being due to his contact with the roflection of the object; as there can be no contact' between two such entities as do not benefit each other in any way--(298)
TEXT (299).
IY PROORDIAL MATTER OPERATES TOWARDS BRINGING ABOUT THE DIVERSIFIED CREATION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPIRIT's) DESIRE TO SWE' AND THE REST -THEN HOW CAN IT
BE insentient 1-(299)
COMMENTARY
Then again, if Primordial Matter knew of the Spirit's desire to see! etc.- then it might be resonablo to rogard its activity to be for the sake of the Spirit, and to bo in accordance with his desire to seoote. -as a matter of fact, however, the said Matter is itself insentient-even when in contact with the Sentient Spirit ;- it cannot then be right to regard ita activity as brought abont as by the contact of the Lame and the Blind. Because even thongh tho Blind man does not see the road, yet he knows of the Lamo man's dosire, because he is himself sentient. Primordial Matter however cannot lenow the Spirit's desire to see' etc., because being insentient by its very nature, it is unconscious.-Nor is it possible for these two-Spirit and Primordial Matter to be related like the Lame and the Blind,-as there can be no mutual benefit in their case.—(299)
TEXT (300).
PRIMORDIAL MATTER KNOWS HOW TO PRODUCE THE SOUT AND OTHER THINGS, AND YET DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO EAT (ENJOY) THEN,
-WHAT CAN BE MORE INOONGRUOUS THAN THIS 1-(300)
COMMENTARY
If it be hold that Primordial Matter actually knows of the Spirit's desire to see' and the rest of it.-thien it must have to be regarded as being the
Enjoyor' also. How can one who knows how to produce a thing not know how to enjoy it? Hence what can be more incongruous than that Primordial Matter knows how to produce things, but does not know how to enjoy them ? The meaning is that nothing can be more incongruous. The Cook who prepares the soup and other things cannot be regarded as not knowing how to eat (enjoy) them. The particle siti' should be taken as understood aftervija ati':-(300)
In the following text the Author sets forth the answer likely to be given by the other party
