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TATTVASANGRAHA : CHAPTER XXIV.
In Sambandhåt', the Ablative is to be construed with anya)
In the case in question '-i.e. in the matter of the usage relating to Words and their meanings.
Other people take the first half of the text itself as providing the reason demanded by the Opponent, and explain the term Sambandhūt', as 'apart from the capacities of men', and 'atra' as standing for the white object spoken of above.-(2271)
In the following Text, the Mimümsaka sums up the argument as hearing upon the matter under discussion :
TEXT (2272).
"THUS THEN, THE KNOWLEDGE OF USAGE' STANDS ON THE SAME FOOTING AS THR SENSE-ORGANS; SO THAT THOSE WHO HAVE THE SAID KNOWLEDGE APPREHEND THE MEANING, WHILE OTHERS, NOT HAVING THE SAID KNOWLEDGE, DO NOT APPREHEND IT, -JUST AS THE BLIND MAN (BEING DEVOID OF THE VISUAL ORGAN, DOES NOT APPREHEND COLOUR)."[Shlokavārtika—Sambandhāksepaparihära, 39).
-(2272)
COMMENTARY.
The tormvyavahāra', 'usage ?, here stands for the Connection between the word and its meaning, in the sense that it is on the basis of this that words are used-vyavahriyatë aamāt':-the Knowledge of this Connection, stands on the same footing as the sense-organs; for instance, those alone who have the sense-organ perceive the object, while those who have not do not perceive it even though the object is there; similarly, those who have
e knowledge of the Connection comprehend the meaning from the Word, while those who do not have that knowledge do not comprehend it, even thongh the Connection is there 50 really there is perfect analogy between the two casos (2272)
[Under the view that the Connection of the Word with its meaning was crented, sot up at a certain time, by a certain person) it has to be explained, who the Person was who created the Connection and to whom he communicated it. It cannot be right to say that the man learns it by himself ; as the same might be said regarding others also.-If it was communicated to the present man by some one else, then it should have been communicated to that man also by some one else,-then, in that case, there being no begin. ning, the Connection must be regarded as eternal.
This is shown by the Mimämsaka in the following: