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TATTVASANGRAHA : CHAPTER XXIV
a matter of fact, this iden is there; hence it follows that this could not be possible if the Letters were not eternal.
This is what is explained in the following:
TEXT (2291).
“THE IDEA IN THE MIND OF EVERY SPEAKER IS ALWAYS THAT I AM UTTERING WORDS THAT HAVE BEEN USED BY OTHER PERSONS': THIS IN ITSELF MAKES THEM ETERNAL ; AND THERE IS NOTHING FOR YOU THAT WOULD BE INDICATIVE (OF A CONTRARY CONCLUSION)."— [Shlokavārtika-ETERNALITY OF
WORDS, 294).—(2291)
COMMENTARY.
Says the Opponent-If the Order of the Letters, Ga and the rest, is not eternal in reality, nor are the artioulations manifesting them, nor those Conjunctions and Disjunctions of the Palate, etc., then one cannot bring about these prompters of the articulations (as they are past and gone immediately on coming]; and the new ones that one does bring about have never bofore boon found to be such prompters ; under the circumstances, how can the Letters, manifested in a certain order, become the means of comprehending the meaning 1-(2291)
In view of all these arguments, the Mimämsaka says:
TEXT (2292).
"JUST AS IN THE CASE OF THE JAR AND SUCH THINGS, THEIR USE IS CHARACTERISED (AND INDICATED) BY THE UNIVERSAL' ;-SO IN THE SAME MANNER, THE ORDER OR ARRANGEMENT (OF THE LETTERS)
WOULD BECOME CHARACTERISED AND INDICATED THROUGH : THE UNIVERSAL'."--[Shlokavārtika-ETERNALITY OF
Words, 295).—(2292)
COMMENTARY.
Just as in the case of the Jar, ote., avon though they are non-eternal, yet their use is indicated by the Universal',-, in the same way, even though the particular arrangement of the Letters may be non-eternal, their use could be determined and explained.-(2292)