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* THE REVEALED WORD.”
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who would expound this meaning. Because the power of such a person to perceive supersensuous things through his knowledge of the Veda, cannot belong to him independently by himself; and the Khowledge of the meaning of the Veda also is not possible without the power to perceive supersensuous things thus there is an unavoidable mutual interdependence.
This is what is shown in the following:
TEXTS (2372-2373).
THE OTHER PARTY DO NOT ADMIT ANY PERSON CAPABLE OF PERCEIVING SUPERSENSUOUS THINGS AND THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE CONNECTION BETWEEN HEAVEN AND SACRIFICIAL PERFORMANCE CANNOT BE OBTAINED EXCEPT FROM THE (VEDIC) INJUNOTION; BECAUSE FOR YOU, THERE IS NO PERSON WHO IS CAPABLE OF DIRECTLY PERCEIVING SUPERSENSUOUS THINGS; AS WHOEVER HAS ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THESE HAS IT ONLY THROUGH THE ETERNAL
WORDS.-(2372-2373)
COMMENTARY.
The compound achodanam' is to be explained as—that for which there is no Injunction '; i.e. that which is independent of the Injunction.
The reason for this is next stated— Because, etc. etc.' Question="Why is this also so ?"
Answer: A8 whoever, etc. etc.'-As has been declared in the following words-'For these reasons there is no Perceiver of supersensuous things; whoever knows anything about these knows it only through the Eternal Word '-(2372-2373)
The following might be urged "The Veda itself would make known to such a person its own meaning, without any action on the part of that Person ; so that there is no mutual interdependence".
The answer to this is as follows:
TEXT (2374).
THE VEDA, BY ITSELF, WITHOUT ANY SUPPORT, CANNOT ALWAYS MAKE KNOWN ITS OWN MEANING ; IN FACT, IT STANDS IN NEED OF EXPLANATIONS BY PERSONS, SUCH EXPLANATIONS BEING LIKE THE
STICK HELD BY THE BLIND MAN (2374)
COMMENTARY.
When the Vedic sentence is heard by a man for the first time, it does not make known its meaning to that man, if he does not know the conventions (regarding the words and their meanings).
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