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अध्याय-५
because the media of motion and of rest are not active forces but only passive media. The disputant argues that as these are not seen, like the non-existent horns of a donkey, these do not exist. No. There is no difference of opinion among the learned of all schools of thought on this point; indeed, all men of wisdom admit the existence of objects, both visible and invisible. Further, the reason advanced by the disputant is fallacious as far as we are concerned. All substances, without exception, reflect in the perfect knowledge of the Omniscient. He knows perfectly and directly the non-material substances too. The saints well-versed in the Scripture know these substances from the teachings of the Omniscient.
If the existence of the media of motion and of rest, which are beyond the senses, is established from their functions, from what function is the existence of invisible space inferred?
आकाशस्यावगाहः ॥१८॥
- GHI, TE
[ 310-16: ] 4461 gant an 37006191 - TI [आकाशस्य ] आकाश द्रव्य का उपकार है।
The function of the space (ākāśa) is to provide accommodation (avagāha).
‘Upakāra' - assistance – is supplied from the previous sūtra. The assistance rendered by the space (ākāśa) is to give room to the other substances (drauya), such as the souls (jīva) and the matter (pudgala). Now, it is proper to say that the space gives room to the souls and forms of matter which are characterized by activity. But the media of motion and of rest are inactive (niskriya) and eternally pervasive. How can penetration apply to these substances? The objection is untenable, as
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