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TATTVASANGRAHA : CHAPTER XVIII.
the other Factors of the Reasoning does not entirely cease as to whether or not Sound is really non-eternal (for instance); hence for the removal of this suspicion, the Final Conclusion has to be stated separately".
The answer to this is as follows:
TEXT (1440). As A MATTER OF PACT, THE PROVING IS ACCOMPLISHED BY THE FORCE OF THE STATEMENT OF THE THREE-FEATURED PROBANS : CONSEQUENTLY, THERE CAN BE NO SUSPICION REGARDING THE CONTRARY CONCLUSION; HENCE THE STATEMENT OF THE FINAL CONCLUSION
TS USELESS.-(1440)
COMMENTARY
When it has been definitely ascertained that in Sound there is present the character of being a product', which has been shown to be invariably concomitant with non-eternality',-how can there be any suspicion of its eontrary, 'Eternality? When the fact of a certain substance being surrounded by flaming fire has been duly ascertained, no sane man can ever suspect the presence of coolness in that substance. Even if there were any such suspicion] it could not be set aside merely by the statement of the Final Conclusion, withont any reasons.-(1440)
Aviddhakarna has argued as follows :-"A single idea cannot be expressed by diverse isolated assertions; hence for bringing about the connection between these assertions it is necessary to state the Final Conclusion ".
The answer to this is as follows:
TEXT (1441).
As A MATTER OF FACT, IT IS ONLY BY CONNECTED ASSERTIONS THAT AN IDEA IS EXPRESSED ; HENCE FOR THE PURPOSE OF BRINGING ABOUT THIS CONNECTION, IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO STATE THE FINAL CONCLUSION SEPARATELY.
-(1441)
COMMENTARY. When the fact of the Probana heing connected with the Probandum by the relation of sameness or by that of Cause and Effect has been established.then the statement of its presence in the Subject and its invariable concomitance (with the Probandum) as connected together, bring about, by implication, the single Idea, in the shape of the desired Conclusion. Even though the statements are isolated, yet they are connected, and as such together lead to
