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"THE REVEALED WORD."
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TEXT (2196).
"ONE SET OF CONTACTS WITH THE PALATE, ETC. SERVES TO BRING ABOUT ONLY ONE LETTER-SOUND, NOT ANOTHER; IN THE SAME MANNER THE CONTACTS BRINGING ABOUT ONE ARTICULATION DO NOT SERVE TO BRING ABOUT ANY OTHER ARTICULATION.”— Shlokavārtika-ETERNALITY OF WORDS,
* 81-82).-(2196)
COMMENTARY.
What is meant is that there are different articulations-in the shape of Air-vibrations-which serve to manifest Sounds; and they vary with the variations in the contact of the Palate, etc.
Only one letter, not another is brought about' has to be taken as understood.
* Bringing about of other articulations'-i.e. the putting forth of them.
Serving to bring about one articulation '-is to be construed with the contacts of the Palate, etc.'-(2196)
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The argument is summed up in the following
TEXT (2197). “FOR THESE REASONS—IN THE production AND manifestation (OF WORDSOUNDS), THE DIVERSITY OF CAPACITY IS EQUALLY PRESENT, IN THE Effort AND THE Desire to Speak,-SUCH DIVERSITY BEING PRESUMED ON THE BASIS OF CERTAIN EFFECTS (FACTS) WHICH CANNOT BE OTHERWISE EXPLAINED."-[Shlokavārtika
ETERNALITY OF WORDS, 82-83).—(2197)
COMMENTARY.
The word ' utpattyabhivyaktyoh' has the Locative ending,-the meaning being in the production and in the manifestation of the Word-Sound', there is equal diversity of capacity in the Effort and the Desire to Speak;
-why 1-because the fact of certain well-known effects not being otherwise explicable indicates such diversity; that is, in both cases, the Presumption based upon the said inexplicability of certain facts is equally operative.(2197)
So far the Mimāmsaka has taken for granted (for the sake of argument) the idea that the Auditory Organ consists of Alūsha, as postulated under other doctrines, or that it consists of the Ear-drum as conceived by common people, and then proceeded to show that there can be nothing objectionable in the idea of the Word-Sound being manifested through the embellishment
