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TATTVASANGRAHA: CHAPTER XXIV.
It has been argued (by the Mimūmaaka) thnt " that which is free from the contact of defects conducive to falsity must be the sourer of true cognition, etc. etc.".---The Anthor, for the sake of argument, admits the Reason for adduced, and then proceeds to show that it is inconclusive
TEXT (2353).
EVEN THOUGH THERE IS NO AUTHOR, THE VEDA CANNOT BE REGARDED) AS SAYING WHAT IS TRUE BECAUSE IT IS DEVOIL) OF THOSE EXCELLENCES IN ITS SOURCE WHICH WOULD MAKE IT TRUTHFUL JUST AS IN THE ABSENCE OF DEFECTS, THE WORD IS NOT REGARDED
As false.-- (2353)
COMMENTARY.
ga stands for the Vedn.
A man under the influence of Love and Hatred, etc. is found to say things that are not true; in this way, throngh positive and negative con. comitance, it is ascertained that there are certain defects which lie at the root of falsity ; similarly a man full of mercy and other good qualities is found to be truthful; hence these good qualities are excellences that lie at the root of truthfulness. Thus, in the absence in the case of the Veda) of these causes of truthfulness, the effect, in the shape of Truthfulness, also should be non-existent.-So that even though the Veda may not be the work of a Person, its truthfulness is not established; hence the Reason put forward by the Mimamsaka is Inconclusive - (2363)
Question Annier
"But how is it ascertained that the excellences are absent ? "
TEXT (2354).
IT IS ONLY IN THE CASE OF THE WORKS OF PERSONS THAT THE QUESTION ARISES AS TO WHETHER THE EXCELLENCES ARE THERR OR NOT. HENCE THERE IS NO NEED FOR SUCH AN ENQUIRY IN THE CAST IN QUESTION; AND WE HAVE NOT THE SLIGHTEST IDEA OF THERE BEING ANY
EXCELLENCE AT ALL.-(2354)
COMMENTARY
What this shows is that the grounds for denying the defects in the case of the Veda are also the grounds for denying the eneellonces leo (viz. : the absence of a person as the author). (2354)