Verse 2203-2204

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:

तस्माद्दिग्द्रव्यभागो यः पुण्यापुण्यवशीकृतः ।
कर्णरन्ध्रपरिच्छिन्नः श्रोत्रं संस्क्रियते च सः ॥ २२०३ ॥
विषयस्यापि संस्कारे तेनैकस्यैव संस्कृतिः ।
नरैः सामर्थ्यभेदाच्च न सर्वैरवगम्यते ॥ २२०४ ॥

tasmāddigdravyabhāgo yaḥ puṇyāpuṇyavaśīkṛtaḥ |
karṇarandhraparicchinnaḥ śrotraṃ saṃskriyate ca saḥ || 2203 ||
viṣayasyāpi saṃskāre tenaikasyaiva saṃskṛtiḥ |
naraiḥ sāmarthyabhedācca na sarvairavagamyate || 2204 ||

“Thus then, the auditory organ consists of a part of the substance space, which is influenced by merit and demerit and which comes to be enclosed within the cavity of the ear, and it is this organ that is embellished (by articulation).”—[Ślokavārtika—eternality of words, 154-155].—(2203)

“Even if the embellishment pertained to the object,—it would affect that one object only; and on account of the difference in the capacities of men, the sound could not be heard by all.”—[Ślokavārtika—eternality of words—83-84].—(2204)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

[verese 2203]:

In the following Text, the Mīmāṃsaka sums up his position and explains the possibility of Deafness, etc.—[see verse 2203 above]

The Mīmāṃsaka proceeds to explain that the objections urged do not also affect the view that the embellishment pertains to the object (the Word-Sound that is heard).—[see verse 2204 above]

[verse 2204]:

It has been argued above (under Text 2157) that ‘if the Word-Sound were embellished, it should be heard by all men’,—This criticism is not applicable at all.—Why?—Because on account of the difference in the capacities of men; this difference in the capacity is due to the fact that in the case of some men the air embellishing the Organ is in close proximity to them, while in others, it is not so.—(2204)