Verse 2522

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

दूरमध्यसमीपस्थैरक्रमेणैवे गम्यते ।
प्रयोगानन्तरं तत्र सर्वेषां ज्ञानजातितः ॥ २५२२ ॥

dūramadhyasamīpasthairakrameṇaive gamyate |
prayogānantaraṃ tatra sarveṣāṃ jñānajātitaḥ || 2522 ||

As a matter of fact, the apprehension by men far, midway and near is not in any order of sequence at all; as in all cases the cognition is produced immediately after the use (utterance of the word-sound).—(2522)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

It has been argued by the Mīmāṃsaka, under Text 2175, that—“For them, the absence of contact being equally present in the case of distant and near sounds, the apprehension and non-apprehension by people far and near would be equally possible, and there could be no order of sequence”.

The answer to that is as follows:—[see verse 2522 above]

‘Successive Apprehension’ is not admitted, because the Cognitions of all men appear simultaneously.—(2522)