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"THE REVEALED WORD.”
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TEXT (2745). THAT WHICH SERVES AS THE CAUSE (BASIS) OF THE SENSE-PERCEPTION ENVISAGING IT IS SPOKEN OF AS 'AMENABLE TO SENSE-ORGAN'; BUT WHAT IS ETERNAL CAN NEVER BE A cause ; THIS HAS
BEEN ALREADY ESTABLISHED.-(2745)
COMMENTARY.
That object is spoken of as 'amenable to the senses' which serves as the cause of that Sense-perception which envisages that object; in the case of an eternal entity, however, no efficient activity is possible, either successively or simultaneously. Hence it is only right that there should be invariable .concomitance between non-eternality and amenability to Sense-organs).-(2745)
It has been argued by the Mimāmsaka, under Text 2320, that—"as regards amenability to the Senses, it has to be ascertained what it really is, etc. etc.".
The answer to this is as follows:
TEXT (2746). IT IS KNOWN TO ALL WHAT SORT OF A THING SERVES AS THE CAUSE (OF COGNITIONS); IF IT WERE NOT SO, THEN THE SPECULATION LIKE THE ONE STARTED BY THE OPPONENT COULD BE STARTED EVEN WITH REGARD TO SUCH CAUSES OF COGNITION AS THE Smoke AND THE
LIKE.—(2746)
COMMENTARY. * What sort, etc. etc. -i.e. the idea is accepted as sound without any hesitation.
If that were not so, then even in regard to Smoke (as the cause of the Inferential Cognition of Fire), the speculation could be started, as-Is the smoke mentioned as the Reason something that is amenable to the Senses ? Or is it only a product of Idea' or 'Primordial Matter' or 'Time' and so forth? Is it a composite made up of Atoms? Or is it not so composed at all?-And in view of such speculations, the "Smoke' as the Reason would become 'inadmissible' by one party or the other.-(2746)
It has been argued by the Mimāmsaka, under Text 2322, that—"Being perceived as following from effort has been adduced as a Reason for the Word being a product and non-eternal ;-this is Inconclusive, etc. etc.”.
The answer to this is as follows: