Vicharmala Granth Satik Pustak 1 to 8

Author(s): Anathdas Sadhu, Govinddas Sadhu
Publisher: Heeralal Dhole

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VICHAR MALA. abandoned and banks are substituted, which are related to the water: therefore banks are the indicated indication of the word Ganges.' 'Inclusive Indication' is illustrated by the example "Saye the curd from crows." Here simply to prevent crows from spoiling the curd would not amount to its protection, and the speaker had intended to convey the curd being protected from crow, cat and all other possible but preventible causes. Therefore crow includes a rad, a dog etc. And it would therefore appear that the word 'crow' literally signifying a bird of that name having its relation with curd is one of the spoilers, these are all included in its indication.
'Indication of abandoning a part of the meaning' is the relation of a word in a part of its literal meaning after the other has been aband ned. As "That Devadatta is this. » "That' refers to a Devadatta seen in the past time, and 'this' to the present, therefore abandoning the conflicting portion of the meaning indicated by 'that' and 'this' respectively signifying past and present time, marked by invisibility and visibility Devadatta only is meant.* Of these three Indications, the first and the second do not apply in construing the sense of a transcendental phrase, but the third is applicable in this wise :-If we omit the conflicting portion of the meaning of the words "That' and "Thou' inasmuch as they are marked by antagonistic properties, for the one is invisible, omniscient, omnipotent, and all-pervading, while the other is parviscient, visible, parvipotent and finite, che remaining intelligence being equal in both, that is meant.
Thus then, by this Indication is established the oneness of Intelligence both of Iswara and Jiva. Similarly "I am Brahma"
* Devadatta + past time = Devadatta present time. Omitting the confliction of time past and present, as they introduce an antagonism in the moaning inasmuch as past time is invisibie and the present visible, we have Devadatta.