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"THE REVEALED WORD."
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TEXT (2573).
THE AUDITORY ORGAN AND THE LETTER-SOUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY EMBELLISHED BY THE MANIFESTERS CANNOT BECOME DESTROYED, BECAUSE IF THEY DID, THEY WOULD BE NONETERNAL ; AND CONSEQUENTLY THEY WOULD BE HEARD
AT ALL TIMES.—(2573)
COMMENTARY.
Chyutiprāpteh'-because of liability to become non-eternal. Otherwise, there would be Renunciation of Proposition on your part).
Sarva-shrutih '—Hearing at all times.-not of all; as in the latter case, the compound would fall under the prohibition contained in Pāṇini's Sutra * Karmani cha':-(2573)
The following might be urged "It is of only a few limited number of persons whose Organ and Letter-Sounds would be embellished and fit for audition, and hence the Sound could not be heard by all men”.
But in that case, there would be no hearing by those men who were going to hear other Letter-Sounds.
This is what is pointed out in the following:
TEXT (2574).
IF THE EMBELLISHED ORGAN AND LETTER-SOUNDS WERE CAPABLE OF HEARING BY A FEW LIMITED PERSONS, THEN THERE WOULD BE NO HEARING FOR OTHER PERSONS WHO WOULD BE GOING TO HEAR
THE SAME LETTER-SOUNDS.-(2574)
COMMENTARY.
The compound niyatashrutiyogyau' is to be explained as shruti. yogyau'-capable of hearing-niyatānām pursām'-by a few limited persons.
Anyavarna, etc.'-This may be taken as 'other persons who would be going to hear that same sound '; -- or as persons who would be going to hear other sounds':-(2574)
The following might be urged—“For the benefit of those other persons who would be going to hear the same sound, there would be another embellishment of the Auditory Organ and the Letter-Sound”.
The following Text anticipates and answers this argument -