Tattva Sangraha Vol 1

Author(s): Kamlashila, Ganganatha Jha
Publisher: Oriental Research Institute Vadodra

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TATTVASANGRAHA : CHAPTER I.
Primordial Matter out of which is produced the Product in the shape of Cosmic Intelligence and the rest.
(5) For the following reason also, Primordial Matter must exist :Because there is merging of the entire world; the term 'Vaishvarupya', 'Entire World', stands for the three Regions (Heaven, Earthi and Nether World); all these, at the time of Dissolution, merge into something; for instance, thie five Gross Substances merge into the Rudimentary Substances, the five Rudimentary Substances and tho Sense-organs merge into the I principle, —the I principle merges into Cosmic Intelligence ; thus the whole of the Three Worlds become merged ; *merging' means non differentiation, as for instance, in the state of Milk, the differentiation is not possible, that Milk is different from Curd: similarly at the time of Universal Dissolution, no such discrimination is possible as that this is Manifest (Product) and that is Unmanifest (Case)' From this we conclude that there is such an entity as Primordial Matter wherein Cosmic Intelligence and the rest (making up the Manifest) become merged, incapable of being distinguished.
Our Teacher (Shantarakeita), however, has mentioned in the Text) only one reason-thut of Homogeneity, which is meant to imply the others nlso.
In the Text, in the phrases Pleasure and the rest!, the term 'the rest includes Pain and Delusion--the term Manifest stands for all the entities, irom Cosmic Intelligence clown to the Cross Substances. The phrase "is clearly knoton means is distinctly perceived :-how 1-from the fact of the Effect, etc. etc.'; the term "et cetera' is connected with each member of the compound (Composure, etc., Irritation, etc. and Dejection, etc.). This is as we bave already explained above.--(14)
Having established the validity of the reason' On account of homogeneity', the Text sets forth (on behalf of the Sankhya) the full argument in support of their doctrine.
TEXT (15).
* THUS, THE WHOLE (MANIFEST) MUST BE TAKEN AS HAVING EMANATED FROM SOMETHING MADE UP OF THE SAID (PLEASURE, ETO), BECAUSE THE SAID GENERIC CHARACTER IS FOUND PRESENT IN IT-JUST AS IN THE CASE OF THE JAR AND OTHER THINGS; AND THIS SOMETHING IS Primordial Matter"-SO SAY THE FOLLOWERS OF
Kapila.-(15)
COMMENTARY. The whole must, etc.':-i.e. emanated from a Cause which is made up of Pleasure and the rest;-this sentence states the Conclusion to be proved. -The Probans (Reason) in support of the conclusion is stated in the words* Because the said generic character is found present in it; that is, it is all