Establishment of Brahman 3.17
Brahmasiddhi 3.17
- Language
- Sanskrit
3.17
yadapi matam ---
satyapi vākyādarthopaplave tātparyaṃ durlabham, bhūtārthaparasya vaiyarthyāt /
sāṃśayikatvaṃ vā, atātparyasyāpi darśanājjapamantreṣu /
vidhau tu satyarthajñānasya coditatvānnārtho 'vivakṣito bhavitumarhati /
tasmādvivakṣitārthatvāya vidhiḥ prārthyaḥ /
As for the view: even when there is an emergence of meaning from a sentence, primary intention is hard to attain, because what is aimed at an established fact is purposeless; or it is doubtful, since lack of primary intention is also seen in muttered mantras; but when there is an injunction, because knowledge of the meaning is enjoined, the meaning cannot be non-intended; therefore an injunction must be sought for the intended character of the meaning:
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- Tattvasamīkṣā — Vācaspati Miśra, Sanskrit