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TATTVASANGRAHA: CHAPTER XXVI.
some other meaning is intended; in a case therefore where there is no such intention, there being no speaker desiring to make the assertion, that condi. tion cannot be fulfilled (3530-3531)
It has been further argued, under the samo Text 3200, that "the "untrammelled knowledge' spoken of may be taken as referring to certain particular things only, not to all things".
The answer to this is as follows:
TEXT (3532).
IN CASE THE 'UNTRAMMELLED NATURE OF HIS KNOWLEDGE IS REGARDED AS TRUE, IN REFERENCE TO SUCH THINGS AS Dharma AND THE LIKE,
-THEN CLEARLY THE BUDDHISTS HAVE WON THEIR CASE.—(3532)
COMMENTARY.
Question: "How have the Buddhists won their caso ?” Answer -
TEXT (3533).
BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN PROVED BEFORE THAT IT IS THE LORD'S KNOWLEDGE RELATING TO PROSPERITY AND HIGHEST GOOD, ALONG WITH THESE MATTERS (Dharma AND THE REST), WHICH IS 'UNTRAMMELLAD':-THIS IS QUITE CLEAR EVEN
TO THE VERIEST PIPER.-(3533)
COMMENTARY.
It has been proved before that the Lord's knowledge of the Highest Good is 'untrammelled'. Hence it must be known to all men, down to the veriest piper, that He possesses the knowledge of Dharma and allied matters; so that, by his own words, the opponent admits the "Omniscience of the Lord, (after admitting His knowledge of Dharma and such matters). (3533)
It has been argued under Text 3205, that "The knowledge spoken of may be that of his own self".
But even so, as such knowledge is possible for the Lord Himself, what has been urged is nothing undesirable for us. This is what is pointed out in the following
