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TATTVASANGRAHA: CHAPTER XXIV.
of being treated as the effect produced by the latter, for instance, the sprout, appearing when the seed functions, is regarded as its effect the Veda is found to appear only when the functioning of the Reader (Manifester) is there ; hence this is a Reason based upon the nature of things.
Being treated' consists in abandoning or securing the thing.- Adi stands for being cognised, being spoken of and so forth.
The Reason here adduced is not 'inadmissible'; if it were, then the Veda would be perceived even before (its manifestation by the Reader).
Nor is the Reason Inconclusive '; as there can be no other reason for its being treated as a product.-(2420)
It has been argued under Text 2088 above that "The Author of the Veda has not had his relationship perceived previously, etc. etc.-hence he cannot be inferred".
The answer to this is as follows:
TEXT (2421).
BECAUSE THEY APPEAR IN THE SEQUENTIAL FORM IN WHICH THEY BECOME MANIFESTED, LIKE DRAMAS AND STORIES, THE VEDAS MUST BE THE WORK OF AN AUTHOR; THUS THE AUTHOR IS COGNISED
BY MEANS OF INFERENCE ALSO.-(2421)
COMMENTARY
The reasoning may be formulated as follows:What appears in the sequential order of the manifestation must be the work of an author :like Dramas and Stories the Veda appears in the sequential order of its manifestation ;-hence this is a Reason based upon the nature of things.
The Reason here adduced cannot be regarded as Inadmissible'; because Letters are actually always cognised in a sequential order.-(2421)
The following Text shows that the Reason just adduced is not 'Inconclusive -
TEXT (2422)
OTHERWISE (IF THE VEDA WERE NOT THE WORK OF A PERSOx), AS THE VEDA WOULD BE ETERNAL AND ALL-PERVADING, THERE COULD BE NO SEQUENTIAL ORDER IN IT. AS A MATTER OF FACT, THERE CAN BE NO SEQUENCE IN WHAT IS ETERNAL ; AS THERE CAN BE NO 'MANIFESTATION OF
IT.—(2422)
COMMENTARY
Otherwise if the Veda were not the work of a Person, and if it were eternal and all pervading, then there should be no sequence in regard to it.
