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TATTVASANGRAHA: CHAPTER XXVI.
'Parajñata, eto.'—The Gesture, etc. whose potency is not known to other people.---(3459-3461)
It has been argued by the other party, under Text 3169, that-"Even when the superiority of knowledge proceeds very far, it can comprehend only a little more than others, it can never comprehend things beyond the senses".
The answer to this is as follows:
TEXT (3462)
THUS, WHEN THERE IS SUPERIOR KNOWLEDGE, AND IT PROCEEDS ON THE BASIS OF PROPER MEANS, IT CAN COMPREHEND ALL THAT IS MORE THAN OTHERS, EVEN THAT WHICH IS BEYOND
THE SENSES.-(3462)
COMMENTARY
It has been argued under Text 3170, that "While the man is seated in a hut, the Sense-perception that he has has its range restricted within that hut, etc. etc."
The answer to this is as follows:
TEXTS (3463-3464)
WHEN A MAN IS SEATED IN A HUT, THE SENSE-PERCEPTION THAT HE HAS HAS ITS RANGE RESTRICTED WITHIN THAT KUT, IT DOES NOT EXTEND TO ANOTHER HUT;-ALL THIS YOU COULD BE IN A POSITION TO ASSERT WITH CERTAINTY ONLY WHEN YOU HAD THE DIRBOT APPREHENSION OF THE CAPACITY OF ALL THINGS; OTHERWISE, ON WHAT COULD SUCK CERTAINTY
BE BASED ?-(3463-3464)
COMMENTARY.
When you made this statement you made it entirely on the basis of that assertion itself; for people of limited vision, mere non-apprehension cannot justify any certainty regarding the incapacity of all men to cognise supersensuous things.-(3463-3464)
The following might be urged-"When we declare the incapacity of men to cognise supersensuous things, we do not do so on the basis of mere nonapprehension; in fact, we do it on the basis of inference from such reasons as 'being human and so forth. For instance, all men are incapable of per
