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TATTVASANGRAHA: CHAPTER XXVI.
TEXTS (3630-3631).
OR, HE KNOWS ALL THAT IS KNOWABLE, IN THE SHAPE OF THE 'FOUR TRUTHS', BY MEANS OF HIS SIXTEEN 'COGNITIONS', IN SUCCESSION, AND ON THAT ACCOUNT HE IS omniscient. WHEN THIS COGNITION OF THE LORD THUS APPEARS IN SUCCESSION—NOT EVEN A SINGLE MOMENT HAS TO BE AWAITED; WHAT TO SAY, MY
FRIEND, OF A HUNDRED YEARS !-(3630-3631)
COMMENTARY.
By means of Sixteen Cognitions'-i.e. by Forgivenosses' and 'Cogni. tions': There are eight Forgivenesses', -in the shape of the Forgiveness of Pain, Dharma, Knowledge and so forth; and there are eight 'Cognitions', in the shape of the cognition of Pain, Dharma, Knowledge and so forth; all this is clear from the declaration that-'The Truth is divided sixteen. fold'.
Even a single moment'.-The lowest measure of time is called 'Kala'; 120 Kalās make one Ksana; 60 Kpanas make one Lava.
"My friend'-is a form of address. Abda'-is year.-(3630-3631)
It has been argued under Text 3251, that-"Even if the Person by his own undiversified nature, apprehends all things, he cannot apprehend the specific individualities of all things".
The answer to this is as follows:
TEXT (3632).
THE PERSON WHO APPREHENDS ALL THINGS IN THEIR OWN UNDIVERSIFIED
FORM, KNOWS THE VERY FORMS OF ALL THINGS.-(3632)
COMMENTARY.
Says the Opponent: "In the scriptures it is said that the Cognition of the Mystics, free from all impurities, appertains to Universals only,--not to Specific Individualities; how do you say that the Consciousness of the mystics, which envisages Universals, apprehends the very forms of all things?”.
The answer to this is as follows:
