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TATTVASANGRAHA: CHAPTER XXVI.
Or, the meaning may be as follows Just as in regard to the Existence of the Omniscient Person, there is doubt, even though He has not been apprehended-in the same manner there would be doubt, even when His omniscience is apprehended; because both are equally liable to nonapprehension due to remoteness.
Says the Opponent:"It is only right that there should be suspicion regarding the existence of things; because even when the thing is present, there is found to be non-apprehension of it; hence there is a probability that it may be there; in the case of the Omniscient Person, on the other hand, it is not possible for any man with limited vision to perceive Him; and no sane person can have any suspicion regarding the existence of an impossible thing".
The answer to this is There are some persons, etc. etc.
Himself ' This has been asserted on the basis of the doctrines of other people. This same idea is reiterated by the phrase by himself'. Ātma' -the Man-Luminous the Soul being of the nature of Consciousness and hence being like Light.-(3289-3290)
The same idea is further supported :
TEXT (3291).
BECAUSE THE TERM 'ALL' STANDS FOR ALL LIVING BEINGS; AND THE PERSON HIMSELF MUST BE INCLUDED IN 'ALL'; HENCE THERE CAN BE NO CERTAINTY REGARDING THE NON-APPREHENSION
(OY THE OMNISCIENT PERSON).-(3291)
COMMENTARY.
The Person himself'-i.e. the Omniscient Person.-(3291)
The following might be urged-"What are meant by the term 'all' are only men with limited vision, not the Omniscient Person ; hence there can be no suspicion regarding His existence ".
The answer to this is as follows
TEXT (3292).
BY THE EXCLUSION OF THAT ONE PERSON ALONE, WHAT CONNECTION COULD THERE BE (OF THIS WITH THE NON-EXISTENCE OF THE OMNISCIENT PERSON)! One's own ILLNESS DOES NOT CEASE MERELY BECAUSE OTHER PEOPLE DO
NOT KNOW OP IT.-(3292)
COMMENTARY.
If what is meant by the exclusion of the Omniscient Person is that the Reason for the non-existence of the Omniscient Person consists in the fact
