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"THE REVEALED WORD."
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with a view to such works composed by men as Stories, Dramas and the like:
TEXT (2776).
WHAT THE OTHER PARTY HAS URGED IN THIS CONNECTION IS MOST IRRELEVANT AND HAS BEEN SAID WITHOUT PERCEIVING THAT THE SAID CHARACTER OF ORIGINAL STORIES AND DRAMAS, ETC. IS EQUALLY PRESENT IN THE VEDA ALSO.
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COMMENTARY.
Original stories, etc. those whose subject matter is entirely new.
*Said character,-0.g. that of being composed by the mere whim of man-(2776)
"What is it that has been said by the other party ?"
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TEXTS (2777-2778). “BARRING THE ETERNALITY OF THE WORD AND ITS MEANING, THERE COULD BE NO OTHER REASON FOR ACCEPTING THE ETERNALITY OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP. THEREFORE IN REGARD TO THE VEDA, THERE CAN BE NO BEGINNING FOR THE SAID RELATIONSHIP.-- THE INFERENCE OF THE ORIGINATION OF THE SAID RELATIONSHIP IS NEGATIVED BY THE ABSENCE OF MEANS (CAUSES) ; AND AS FOR THE INFERENCE OF THE NON-ASSERTIBILITY OF PRE-ESTABLISHED RELATIONSHIP, IT IS SET ASIDE BY DIRECT SENSE-PERCEPTION."-[Shlokarärtika
Sambandhäksēpa-parihāra, 136-138).-(2777-2778)
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COMMENTARY.
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* Word'-consisting of Letters ;- its meaning the Universal ; both of these being beginningless, their Relationship also- in the shape of denotative Potency-must be beginningless; that is to say, Potency being not-different from the thing to which it belongs, there can be no means of bringing about the said Relationship, whence it is inferred that there is no bringing about of it.
The argument is formulated as follows:When one thing is devoid of the means of bringing about another thing, the former cannot bring about the latter the Potter is unable to make the Jar, when he is devoid of the means of making it, in the shape of the Clay, Revolving Stick, Wheel, Water, Thread and so forth ;-all men are devoid of the means of making the Relationship (between Words and meanings); hence there is apprehension of a character contrary to the wider character.
