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Gopalacampu 1.17.21

Gopālacampū 1.17.21

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Sanskrit

1.17.21

[11] tatra matāntaraṃ vitaṇḍā-paṇḍitānāṃ matena khaṇḍayati-
āptavāg anumānaṃ ca pratyakṣād eva gamyate |
tasmāt pratyakṣam eva syāt pramāṇaṃ sarva-mardakam || tasmād gavāṃ brāhmaṇānām adreś cārabhyatām mahaḥ |
aindrair nirmīyatāṃ seyaṃ tri-karmī haviṣāṃ kulaiḥ || homo yadi vidhātavyo vahnim uddiśya hūyatām |
āśrayaḥ sa hi sarveṣāṃ pratyakṣaś cānubhūyate || atha viprāḥ prīṇanīyā dattvā dhenūḥ sadakṣiṇāḥ |
svabhāva eṣa bhavatāṃ vidhi-kiṅkaratā nahi || [anuṣṭubh]

[11] There He refutes the other doctrine by the doctrine of scholars of refutation [Cārvākas]:
"The word of an authority and inference are understood only through direct perception; / therefore direct perception alone is the means of knowledge that crushes all others. / Therefore let the festival of the cows, the brāhmaṇas, and the mountain be begun; / let this triple service be performed with the collections of offerings meant for Indra. / If a fire offering is to be made, let it be offered intending fire, / for he is experienced as the manifest shelter of all. / Moreover, the brāhmaṇas should be pleased by giving cows along with priestly fees; / this is your intrinsic nature, not servitude to injunctions."

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