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"THE REVEALED WORD.”
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The following might be urged—“How is it known that this is an illusion ?” Answer -
TEXTS (2680-2681).
AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE WORDS UTTERED BY A MAN ARE NOT EXACTLY THOSE USED BY OTHERS; AS THERE ARE ALWAYS DIFFERENCES OF ACCENT AND OTHER DETAILS.—THESE LATTER ARE NOT PROPERTIES BELONGING TO THE MANIFESTING AGENCY; BECAUSE THEY ARE ALWAYS PERCEIVED IN THE FORM OF LETTERS. CONSEQUENTLY THE LETTERS PRONOUNCED BY EACH MAN MUST BE REGARDED AS DISTINCT, LIKE THE JAR AND SUCH THINGS. THIS DIFFERENCE BEING QUITE CLEAR, WHY ARE YOU DENYING THE SIGNS OF THAT DIFFERENCE ?-(2680
2681)
COMMENTARY * Accents '--such as the 'Udätta' and the rest. Other details including swiftness, slowness, and middling.
These are not properties, etc. etc. These-i.e. Accent, etc. "Why?”
Because these Accents, etc. are always perceived in the shape of Letters; i.e. they are known as such.
The signs of that'-The signs of the difference of the Letters.
• Why are you denying in the words there is no other sign for you (Text 2291).-(2680-2681)
It has beon argued by the Mimūmsaka, under Text 2292, that "Just as in the case of the Jar and such things, etc. etc.".
The answer to that is as follows:
TEXT (2682).
THE IDEA THAT IN THE CASE OF THE JAR, ETC. THEIR USE IS CHARACTERISED AND INDICATED BY THE "UNIVERSAL " ' HAS ALREADY BEEN DISCARDED ; BECAUSE THE UNIVERSAL DOES NOT EXIST, AND BECAUSE IT CAN HAVE NO CONNECTION WITH THE
INDIVIDUAL THING.—(2682)
COMMENTARY.
Already under the chapter dealing with the Universal'. Because it does not exist'-i.e. because the Universal has no existence.
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