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TATTVASANGRAHA : CHAPTER XXIV.
before, in the section dealing with 'Apoha', the 'Exclusion, of others - (2470-2471)
The Mimāmsaka's argument has been formulated under the Text 2135, in the following words“From this it follows that the Word is not-artificial, and it never perishes, because it has an eternal relationship with an eternal entity-like the Akasha and the Atom".
In the following Text, it is pointed out that the Reason and the Corroborative Instance herein adduced are both inadmissible'.
TEXT (2472). ANY SUCH ETERNAL universal As Cow 'HAS BEEN ALREADY REJECTED ; THE RELATIONSHIP ALSO IS PURELY IMAGINARY; THE Akasha' AND THE' ATOM ALSO HAVE BEEN DISCARDED. HENCE NEITHER THE PROBANS NOR THE CORROBORA
TIVE INSTANCE IS SOUND.-(2472)
COMMENTARY Any such eternal Universal, etc.' ;-this asserts the fact of the eternal thing being inadmissible.
"The Relationship also, etc.'—this asserts the inadmissibility of the Reason because there is relationship
The Atom and the Ākāsha also have been discarded',-this asserts the "inadmissibility of the two Instances cited by the Mimämsaka.
Rejected', 'Discarded',-in course of the chapter on the Six Categories'.
Na'-denies the Reason, etc. Tat-Therefore ; hence.-(2472)
It has been argued by the Mimümsaka under Text 2136, that "Inasmuch as the Word envisages several Universals, etc. etc."
The answer to this is as follows:
TEXT (2473).
YOU MAY TAKE A LONG TIME IN EXPLAINING THE FACT OF THE WORD ("Cow ') BEING EXPRESSIVE OF THE ONE Universal Cow', As EXTRACTED (FROM AMONG THE SEVERAL UNIVERSALS); ON THE BASIS OF DELUDED PEOPLE COGNISING IT IN ONE AND
THE SAME FORM.-(2473)
COMMENTARY. The following text explains why this should be regarded as a delusion':