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"THE REVEALED WORD."
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TEXT (2433)
EVEN THE DENIAL OF THE CHARACTERS OF being produced AND being destroyed CANNOT BE ADMITTED; AS IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT THE PROOF IS SET ASIDE. HENCE Eternality DOES
NOT BECOME ESTABLISHED: (2433)
COMMENTARY.
"Set aside'-Refuted. "Tat --Hence.
If the latter view (2) put forward in the Commentary on 2431-is accepted, then it should not be said that " because they are of the nature of Negation, they do not need any proof for themselves'.
This is what is shown in the following:
TEXTS (2434-2435). IF THE TWO CHARACTERS MEANT TO BE THE REASONS FOR ETERNALITY ARE OF THE NATURE OF RELATIVE NEGATION, THEN, PARTAKING OF THE NATURE OF AFFIRMATION, THEY DO STAND IN NEED OF PROOF FOR THEMSELVES.-THUS, FOR PEOPLE WHO DO NOT WISH TO PROVE ETERNALITY AS A REAL ENTITY, THE SAID ETERNALITY DOES NOT BECOME PROVED MERELY BY THE REJECTION OF THE TWO
CONTRARY VIEWS.-(2434-2435)
COMMENTARY.
This is easily understood.—(2434-2435)
It has been argued by the Mimāmsaka, under Text 2106, that,"One who asserts the falsity of the Vedic Word, on the basis of Inference, has his Proposition annulled by the force of the cognition derived from the Veda".
The Buddhist's answer to this is as follows:
TEXT (2436).
THE REASON THAT HAS BEEN ADDUCED BY US IN ITS THREE-FOLD FORM, -
CANNOT BE REFUTED EVEN BY YOUR FATHER. -(2436)
COMMENTARY. The Reason that has been adduced', -under the Chapter on 'Inference ; where the three kinds of Reason have been described, as (1) based upon the nature of things, (2) based upon the relation of Cause and Effect, and (3) based on Non-apprehension.