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EXAMINATION OF THE DOCTRINE OF 'SELF-SUFFICIENT VALIDITY'. 1357
of another person, and hence beyond the senses, would not be cognised -- there could be no certainty regarding the absence of defects : as the absence of defects' consists in the presence of excellences'; and unless there is Cognition of the place devoid of the Jar, there can be no Cognition of the absence of the Jar.—(3042)
The same idea is further clarified
TEXT (3043).
DEFECTS, -IN THE SHAPE OF HATE, DELUSION AND THE LIKE-ARE SET ASIDE BY EXCELLENCES, -IN THE SHAPE OF KINDNESS, WISDOM AND SO FORTH; CONSEQUENTLY, IF THERE IS NO CERTAINTY REGARDING THESE LATTER-Icindness, ETC.-HOW CAN THERE BE ANY COGNITION OF THE ABSENCE OF THOSE
(DEFECTS)-(3043)
COMMENTARY.
* Tēşim' of those '-i.e. of the Defects.-(3043)
Kumärila has argued as follows:-"At the time (of the Cognition of the absence of defects) the excellences do not function on being themselves cognised ; in fact, it is by mere presence that they help in the cognising of the absence of defects".--[Shlokavärtika 1. 1. 2; 67.]
This is the objection set forth in the following: -
TEXT (3044).
“ AT THE TIME (OF THE COGNITION OF THE ABSENCE OF DEFECTS), THE EXCELLENCES DO NOT FUNCTION ON BEING THEMSELVES COGNISED ; IN FACT, IT IS BY MERE PRESENCE THAT THEY HELP IN THE COGNISING OF THE Absence of Defects."-[Shlokavārtika 1. 1. 2;
67).-(3044)
COMMENTARY
* They help they help towards bringing about the certainty regard. ing the absence of defects.-(3044)
The answer to the above is as follows:
