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: 43: From this, you will see that, what we wish to suggest is this:
That which is denied, exists ordinarily. By no means we want to convey : 'that about which negation is predicated, exists there and nowhere else'. Thus, there is no vyaõhicāra (inconsistency ) in what we say.
Gautama ! If you wish to retort that you (Gautamia ) do not admit the existence of the soul in the body only bad smit it elsewhere, that is good; for, it establishes what is desired by us. We have been all this while trying simply to establish the existence of the soul. And, if it is thus established, then the āšraya (substratum ) of the soul will be proved as it is not possible to justify its existence in any other way.
It is not justifiable to admit any other āśraya of the soul except the body; for, the lingas of the soul are seen there. It may be borne in mind that it will not do to say that the body itself is the soul; for, in that case, we cannot have a vyavasthā (fixity ) of the types, viz., he lives, he is dead, he has fainted, and the like. Of couise, this vyavastha will be exponnded horeafter,
For the proof of the existence of the soul, another sty. mology can be given : जीवो त्ति सत्थयमिणं सुद्धत्तणओ घडाभिहाणं व । for RENT HOU stat TE H 1 2011 (8494) अत्यो देहो चिय से तं नो पजायवयणमेआओ। ATTEOTTI FT forent sitate For H2611 (8908) Jito tti satthayaminam suddhattaņað ghadābhibāņam ra Jeņatthdna sadattham so jivo aha mai hojja. 27 (1578) Attho daho ociya sè tam no pajjāyavayanabhèão i Nāgāiguno ya jao bhaņio jīvo na doho tti. 28 (1576)
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