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TATTVASANGRAHA: CHAPTER XXVI.
Question — "What are those Teachings that were promulgated under Their guidance ?" Answer:
TEXTS (3538-3540).
IN REGARD TO THE LUMINOUS CONSCIOUSNESS, NOT MARRED BY THE TWO
FORMS,WHO COULD ENTERTAIN ANY WRONG NOTIONS, IF HIS MIND IS NOT DELUDED BY THE TWO FORMS ?-AS SOON AS THERE IS RECOGNITION OF THE 'SOUL-LESS-NESS' OF BOTH,-ALL THOSE DEFECTS OF LOVE, HATE AND THE LIKE WHICH HAVE THEIR SOURCE IN THE THOUGHTS OF WOMEN AND SUCH THINGS, DISAPPEAR WITHOUT EFFORT, - THIS IS THE HIGHEST TRUTH WHICH THE 'EXPOUNDER OF UNITY PROPOUNDED,—WHICH BRINGS ALL KINDS OF PROSPERITY, FAR BEYOND THE REACH OF Këshava AND OTHERS.-(3538-3540)
COMMENTARY.
If his mind is not deluded, etc. - i.e. who has got rid of all obsession of the apprehender and the apprehended.
As soon as there is recognition, etc. etc.'-i.e. the recognition of the fact that the (1) Body and (2) All other things are without soul; or it may mean the recognition of the 'nairåtmya'-unreality- of both -i.e. of the apprehended as well as the Apprehender.
*Far beyond the reach of, etc. etc. Këshava' stands for Hari (Vimnu).And others' includes Ishvara' and the rest.-(3538-3540)
Question :- "Why is not the self-Cognition of Kashava and others also regarded as pure ?"
Answer:
TEXTS (3541-3543).
OTHER PEOPLE RECOGNISE THE SOUL' AS SOMETHING PERMANENT,
RESEMBLING THE PURE ROCK-CRYSTAL ; THIS IDEA OF THESE PEOPLE IS CLEARLY WRONG, AS THE EXISTENCE OF THE PERMANENT 'SOUL' HAS BEEN REJECTED. IF THE COGNITION ENVISAGING THE SOUL PROCEEDS FROM ONE'S OWN SOUL, THEN THERE SHOULD BE THE COGNITION OF ALL SOULS AT ONE AND THE SAME TIME. IF IT DOES NOT PROCEED FROM ONE'S OWN SOUL, OR IF IT IS REGARDED AS ETERNAL, THEN IT COULD NOT ENVISAGE THE SOUL AT ALL-BEING, IN THIS RESPECT LIKE THE COGNITIONS OF OTHER PERSONS.(3541–3543)
COMMENTARY.
Other people'-Këshava and others.
Under the Chapter on the 'Soul', the existence of the Soul has been rejected; any Cognition of it must be wrong and hence impure.
