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Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1I. Speech (is merged) in mind, on account of this being seen, and of the scriptural statement. Being about to describe the path of the gods which leads those who possess the lower kind of knowledge towards the attainment of their reward, the Sutrakara begins by explaining, on the basis of scriptural statements, the successive steps by which the soul passes out of the body ; for, as will be stated later on, the departure of the soul is the same in the case of him who possesses the (lower) knowledge and of him who is devoid of all knowledge. About the process of dying we have the following passage, ' When a man departs from hence his speech merges in his mind, his mind in his breath, his breath in fire, fire in the highest deity' (AV/. Up. VI, 6, 1). A doubt here arises whether the passage means to say that speech itself, together with its function, is merged in the mind, or only the function of speech. The purvapakshin maintains that speech itself is merged in the mind. For this explanation only is in agreement with the direct statement of the sacred text, while the other alternative compels us to have recourse to an implied meaning ; now wherever direct enunciation and implied meaning are in conflict the preference has to be given to the former, and we therefore maintain that speech itself is merged in the mind.
2To this we reply that only the function of speech is merged in the mhid. — But how can this interpretation be maintained, considering that the teacher (in the Sutra) expressly says ' Speech in the mind ? ' — True, we reply ; but later on he says ' There is non-division, according to scriptural statement' (Sutra 16), and we therefrom conclude that what is meant in the present Sutra is merely cessation of the function of speech. For if the intention were to IV ADHVAYA, 2 PADA, 2. 365
3express absorption of the thing (i.e. the organ of speech) itself, there would be 'non-division' in all cases, and for what reason then should ' non-division ' be specially stated in another case (i.e. in the case of which Sutra 16 treats)? The meaning therefore is that the different functions are retracted, and that while the function of the mind continues to go on the function of speech is retracted first. — Why so ? — ' Because this is seen.' It is a matter of observation that while the mind continues to act the function of speech comes to an end ; nobody, on the other hand, is able to see that the organ of speech itself, together with its function, is merged in the mind. — But are we not justified in assuming such a merging of speech in the mind, on the ground of scriptural statement? — This is impossible, we reply, since mind is not the causal substance of speech. We are entitled to assume only that a thing is merged in what is its causal substance; a pot e.g. (when destroyed) is merged in clay. But there is no proof whatever for speech originating from mind. On the other hand we observe that functions originate and are retracted even where they do not inhere in causal substances. The function of fire, e.g. which is of the nature of heat, springs from fuel which is of the nature of earth, and it is extinguished in water. — But how do you, on this interpretation, account for the scriptural statement that 'speech is merged in the mind?' — 'And on account of the scriptural statement,' the Sutrakara replies. The scriptural statement also may be reconciled with our interpretation, in so far as the function and the thing to which the function belongs are viewed as non-different.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1I. Speech (is merged) in mind, on account of this being seen, and of the scriptural statement. Being about to describe the path of the gods which leads those who possess the lower kind of knowledge towards the attainment of their reward, the Sutrakara begins by explaining, on the basis of scriptural statements, the successive steps by which the soul passes out of the body ; for, as will be stated later on, the departure of the soul is the same in the case of him who possesses the (lower) knowledge and of him who is devoid of all knowledge. About the process of dying we have the following passage, ' When a man departs from hence his speech merges in his mind, his mind in his breath, his breath in fire, fire in the highest deity' (AV/. Up. VI, 6, 1). A doubt here arises whether the passage means to say that speech itself, together with its function, is merged in the mind, or only the function of speech. The purvapakshin maintains that speech itself is merged in the mind. For this explanation only is in agreement with the direct statement of the sacred text, while the other alternative compels us to have recourse to an implied meaning ; now wherever direct enunciation and implied meaning are in conflict the preference has to be given to the former, and we therefore maintain that speech itself is merged in the mind.
2To this we reply that only the function of speech is merged in the mhid. — But how can this interpretation be maintained, considering that the teacher (in the Sutra) expressly says ' Speech in the mind ? ' — True, we reply ; but later on he says ' There is non-division, according to scriptural statement' (Sutra 16), and we therefrom conclude that what is meant in the present Sutra is merely cessation of the function of speech. For if the intention were to IV ADHVAYA, 2 PADA, 2. 365
3express absorption of the thing (i.e. the organ of speech) itself, there would be 'non-division' in all cases, and for what reason then should ' non-division ' be specially stated in another case (i.e. in the case of which Sutra 16 treats)? The meaning therefore is that the different functions are retracted, and that while the function of the mind continues to go on the function of speech is retracted first. — Why so ? — ' Because this is seen.' It is a matter of observation that while the mind continues to act the function of speech comes to an end ; nobody, on the other hand, is able to see that the organ of speech itself, together with its function, is merged in the mind. — But are we not justified in assuming such a merging of speech in the mind, on the ground of scriptural statement? — This is impossible, we reply, since mind is not the causal substance of speech. We are entitled to assume only that a thing is merged in what is its causal substance; a pot e.g. (when destroyed) is merged in clay. But there is no proof whatever for speech originating from mind. On the other hand we observe that functions originate and are retracted even where they do not inhere in causal substances. The function of fire, e.g. which is of the nature of heat, springs from fuel which is of the nature of earth, and it is extinguished in water. — But how do you, on this interpretation, account for the scriptural statement that 'speech is merged in the mind?' — 'And on account of the scriptural statement,' the Sutrakara replies. The scriptural statement also may be reconciled with our interpretation, in so far as the function and the thing to which the function belongs are viewed as non-different.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
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