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त्वशङ्का ? । किञ्च सन्त्येव देवाः, लोकस्य तत्कृतानुग्रहो - पघातदर्शनात् । तथाहि दृश्यन्ते कचित् केचित् त्रिदशाः कस्यापि किञ्चिद्विभवमदानादिनाSनुग्रहम्, तत्प्रहरणादिना चोपघातं कुर्वन्त । ततो राजादिवत् कथमेते न सन्ति इति ।। ३२२ ॥ ( १८७० )
D. C.-Even before they appear at the Samavasaraṇa, your doubt about their existence is not justified. For, luminaries like Sun, Moon etc are self-perceptible to you, as well as to the whole world. So, it is not appropriate to doubt their existence.
Moreover, anugraha and upaghata caused by gods to this world, are also evident to all. Several gods confer their favours upon some people by granting their objects of pleasure etc. while others inflict injuries, like a king, by means of weapons etc. This shows, for certain, that gods do exist 11322|| (1870)
Besides,
आलयमेतं च मई पुरं व तब्वासिणा तह व सिद्धा ।
जे ते देव त्ति मया न य निलया निचपरिसुण्णा ॥ ३२३ ॥ (१८७१) Alayaméttam ca mai puram va tavvāsiņo taha vi siddhā Je te deva tti mayā na ya nilayā niccaparisunna 1323 ( 1871)
[ आळयमात्रं च मतिः पुरमित्र तद्वासिनस्तथापि सिद्धाः ।
ये ते देवा इति मया न च निलया नित्यपरिशून्याः ॥ ३२३ ॥ (१८७१) Alayamātram ca matiḥ puramiva tadvāsinastathāpi siddhāḥ | Yé té déva iti matā na ca nilayā nityapariśunyāḥ || 323|| (1871)}
Trans.-323 The view may be that (luminaries) are mere abodes. Still however, like a city, they, too, have their inhabitants, who are accepted as ( none but ) gods. For, places of residence, cannot be vacant for ever. (1871)
टीका - अथैवंभूता मतिः परस्य भवेत् - आलया एवालयमात्रं चन्द्रादिविमानानि न तु देवाः, तत् कथं ज्योतिष्कदेवानां प्रत्यक्षत्वमभिधीयते ? |
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