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TATTVASANGRAHA: CHAPTER XXVI.
HAVE NOT BEEN EITHER inferred or heard of DURING THE PRESENT LIFE. SIMILARLY, PEOPLE ARE DISTINCTLY AND TRULY FOUND TO BB POSSESSED OF THE CAPACITIES OF CURIOUS INCANTATIONS, NAGAS, DEMONS AND SPIRITS OF ALL KINDS.- ALL THIS MAY NOT BE seen, AND YET THERE IS NO PROOF FOR DENYING IT. HENCE IT CANNOT BE SAID THAT HE DOES NOT EXIST.-(3397-3401)
COMMENTARY.
The assortion made in 3160 to the effect that it is not on account of the capacity to perceive supersensuous things that some people are found to be superior to others", is not true. Because through such arts as that of Telepathy, witches and others are found to be able to rond the thoughts of others, and also to have the knowledge of past, present and future things.
The term 'adi''others', is meant to include the Gandhari and others.
People have also been found to have the knowledge of supersensuous things through the obsession of various elementals, planets, etc., all which cannot be denied.
Granting that there is no supernormal vision anywhero, -oven so, the more fact that the Omniscient Person is not seen cannot prove His non-existence. Hence it cannot be true that He-tho knower of supersensuous things-does not exist.-(3397-3401)
It has beon argued under Text 3161 that-"Even the intelligent man who is capable of perceiving subtle things is superior to other persons, without going beyond the limitations of his own kind".
The answer to this is as follows:
TEXTS (3402-3403).
THE AUTHOR OF THE VEDA HAVING BEEN ESTABLISHED IN THE MANNER ABOVE DESCRIBED, YOU HAVE TO ADMIT OF THE PERSON CAPABLE OF PERCEIVING SUPERSENSUOUS THINGS. IN THIS WAY, THE INTELLIGENT MAN WOULD BE ABLE TO SEE SUBTLE THINGS, AND WHILE TRANSCENDING THE LIMITATIONS OF HIS OWN KIND, HE WOULD BE RISING ABOVE OTHER
MEN.—(3402-3403)
COMMENTARY.
'In the manner described'-by us, under the chaptor on the Revealed Word'.
The author states an argument in support of the above
