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TATTVASANGRAHA: CHAPTER XXVI.
TEXTS (3641-3644).
THAT PERSON WHO HAS PROPOUNDED THIS TEACHING-WHICH IS PURE
AND WHEREIN THE DHARMA OF 'NO-SOUL' HAS BEEN REITERATED, AND WHICH HAS BEEN SUPPORTED BY THE WHOLE OF THIS WORK AND NOT TRAVERSED BY ANY FORM OR MEANS OF VALID COGNITION, -WHICH IS NOT KNOWN TO WORLDLY MEN, WHICH IS BEYOND THE KEN OY Këshava AND OTHERS, WHICH IS HIGHLY BORNE ON THE HEAD BY ALL WISE MEN-WHICH DESTROYS THE ENTIRE HOST OF ENEMIES IN THE SHAPE OF EVILS, AND IS THE CAUSE OF VARIOUS KINDS Or PROSPERITY AS ALSO OF THE ATTAINMENT OF Nirvana, SUCH A PERSON ACQUIRED SPECIAL POWERS NOT COMMON AMONG MEN, WHICH DISTINGUISHES HIM FROM ALL OTHER MEN, AND HE ALONE IS Omniscient;-THIS IS ENTIRELY VOUCHED FOR BY MEANS AND FORMS OF RIGHT COGNITION.-(3641-3644)
COMMENTARY 'Samashăstrina-by the whole of this work, the Tattvasangraha.
Which is not known to worldly mon-i.e. the Teaching which envisages knowledge that is not easily attained by worldly men.
Beyond the ken of Këshava, etc. etc. -Though this word is in the Masculine Gender, yet it qnalifies the word 'Deşhand' (Feminine).
Which destroys, etc. etc.'-The evils themselves are the enemies; and their hosts are destroyed by it.
'Is the cause of various kinds, etc. etc.'--the word 'Kārana' is to be construed with each of the two members of the compound.-(1) It is the cause of the various kinds of Prosperity, and also (2) it is the cause of the attainment of Nirvana-(3641-3644)
It has been argued under Text 3261- "Thus, no omniscient Person of any kind is conceivable; consequently no human assertion could be the means of providing the knowledge of Dharma".
The answer to this is as follows:
TEXT (3645).
THUS, AS IT IS QUITE CONCEIVABLE THAT THERE IS AN OMNISCIENT PERSON, HUMAN ASSERTION CAN CERTAINLY BE THE MEANS OF
PROVIDING THE KNOWLEDGE OF Dharma (3645)
COMMENTARY.
An Omniscient Person i.e. Buddha Himself alone; not Kapila, or any one else; as already established before.
As regards the objection that has been urged regarding Cognition being formloss or with form, that has been answered by us already.-(3645)
