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TATTVASANGRAHA: CHAPTER xxiv.
TEXT (2771).
IN REALITY, THE THING SPOKEN OF IN THESE WORKS HAS NO REAL EXISTENCE OUTSIDE ; WHEREIN THEN COULD THE MEANING BE ATTRIBUTED ?-IF IT BE SAID THAT—" THE MEANING IS ATTRIBUTED TO THE REFLECTED CONCEPTUAL CONTENT", - THEN, THE SAME MAY BE SAID REGARDING THE VEDA
ALSO.—(2771)
OOMMENTARY.
Existence outside'-Things like Mahashvetä have had no real existence in the external world.-(2771)
It has been argued by the Mimämsaka under Tect 2340, that"who has perceived the connection of such things as Heaven, Sacrifice, etc., all of which are beyond the reach of the senses ? "
The answer to this is as follows:
TEXTS (2772-2773).
WHO CAN EVER COGNISE THE POTENCY, IN THE FORM OF THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE WORD AND ITS MEANING? THAT IS WHY IN THE CASE OF THE VEDA, EVEN THE USE IS NOT REGARDED AS DUE TO HUMAN AGENCY. IT COULD NOT BE LEARNT FROM MORE EXPERIENCED PEOPLE ; BECAUSE, BY THEMSELVES, THESE ALSO ARE EQUALLY IGNORANT. THE ONLY
COGNITION THEREFORE THAT MAY BE POSSIBLE IS THROUGH THE EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED BY MEN.
(2772-2773)
COMMENTARY
What is meant is as follows By implication, you have yourself shown that the knowledge of the meaning of the Veda that there is proceeds only from the explanations provided by men. Because by its very nature, the potency rests in supersensuous things ;-hence the use or employment of the Word in regard to this potenoy cannot be due to man; nor can the cognition of it be derived from the more experienced people ; because all these also are equally ignorant ;-the case therefore would be like the know. ledge of Colour being obtained from blind men.-Hence, by implication, it follows that the said cognition must be due to explanations provided by men; there is no other aternative possible.-(2772-2773)
The Opponent brings forward the following objection :
