Note 264 — SA@NKARA'S INTRODUCTION (continued 4)

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The cognition of Brahman terminates in an act of anubhava; hence as it has been shown that reasoning is more closely connected with anubhava than Sruti is, we have the right to apply reasoning to Sruti.—Ânanda Giri comments on the passage from anubhavâvasânam as follows: brahmasâkshâtkârasya mokshopâyatayâ prâdhânyât tatra sabdâd api parokshagokarâd aparokshârthasâdharmyagokaras tarkosxntara@ngam iti tasyaiva balavatvam ity arthah. Aitihyamâtrena pravâdapâramparyamâtrena parokshatayeti yâvat. Anubhavasya prâdhânye tarkasyoktanyâyena tasminn antara@ngatvâd âgamasya ka bahira@ngatvâd antara@ngabahira@ngayor antara@ngam balavad ity nyâyâd uktam tarkasya balavattvam. Anubhavaprâdhânyam tu nâdyâpi siddham ity âsa@nkyâhânubhaveti. Nanu Brahmajñâdnam vaidikatvâd dharmavad adrishtaphalam eshtavyam tat kutosxsyânubhavâvasânâvidyânivartakatva m tatrâha moksheti. Adhishthânasâkshâtkârasya suktyâdjñâne tadavidyâtatkâryanivartakatvadrishteh, brahmajñânasyâpi tarkavasâd asambhâvanâdinirâsadvârâ sâkshâtkârâvasâyinas tadavidyâdinivartakatvenaiva muktihetuteti nâdrishtaphalatety arthah.