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EXAMINATION OF THE DOOTRINE OF SELF-SUFFICIENT VALIDITY'. 1313
Injunction; that is to say, the validity of the Vedic Injunction is such as belongs to it by its very nature.--(2917-2919)
With the following Text, the Author begins the refutation seriatim of all the arguments that have been set forth by the Mimāmsaka, under Texts 2848 onwards :
TEXT (2920).
THE ANSWER TO THE ABOVE IS AS FOLLOWS:As A MATTER OF FACT, THE DISTINCTION THAT HAS BEEN MADE HAS SOME BASIS ONLY IN REGARD TO THOSE THINGS THAT ARE HELD TO CONTINUE TO EXIST AFTER
BEING PRODUCED.—(2920)
COMMENTARY.
Has some basis-i.e. subsists in a real entity; that is, because what does not exist cannot be operative.-(2920)
Question :-"What is this distinction'?.' Answer:
TEXT (2921).
IT IS ONLY FOR THE SECURING OF THEIR EXISTENCE THAT THINGS LIKE THE JIR STAND IN NEED OF A CAUSE ; WHEN ONCE THEY HAVE SECURED THEIR EXISTENCE, THEY BECOME OPERATIVE BY THEMSELVES TOWARDS THEIR OWN
EFFECTS.—(2921)
[This is a parody of the Mimāmsaka's assertion in Text 2848.]
COMMENTARY.
Question :-"Why can this not be possible in the case of Cognition also ? [why should it be restricted to things like the Jar only ?)" Answer:
TEXT (2922).
THAT COGNITION WHICH YOU ALSO REGARD AS NOT LASTING AFTER BEING BORN, BECOMES NON-EXISTENT AFTER HAVING SECURED ITS EXISTENCE ; WHAT SORT OF ACTIVITY OR OPERATION,
THEN, COULD IT HAVE ?-(2922)
COMMENTARY.
What activity could the non-existent Cognition have ?'-none whatso. ever ; because what is non-existent is devoid of all capacity.
