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[sū. 1. 1. 3. ADH 3.] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 29 verily, in the Bhārata and in the Pañca-rātra, Hari is celebrated everywhere, in the beginning, in the end and in the middle' " (Hariv 16232 ¹), 'We bow down to that wherein lies the eternal basis of all speech' and so on. If it be said. On the ground of the inference: 'All objects having parts, like the earth and the rest, have a cause, because they are effects, like pots and the rest', Brahman is established to be the cause of the world, since none else can be such a cause, and this being so, why trouble about the Veda?-(we reply·) no, because, the very fact that the elements like the ether and the rest have an origin being not known by anyone without the Veda, that they are effects is not estab- lished, and hence the reason ² is itself unestablished.³ It cannot be said also that the origin of the elements is to be known through the Veda, and the fact that they are effects being proved through this, the reason ⁴ is not unestablished—, for, in that case too, Brahman, the cause of the world being known through the Veda alone, the inference becomes futile, and you virtually come to our side. Thus, even in the case of well-known effects like a house or a shoot, Brahman cannot be inferred from the reason 'producibleness', it being possible to suppose the earth, the seed, water, men and so on to be their causes, and unreasonable to imagine an unseen cause (viz. Brahman). This should be understood here: wherever something is found to be an effect, there it is possible also to arrive, by means of inference, at an individual soul, corresponding to effect, as the agent. But that the entire universe is an effect is not known without the help of the Veda. Hence, the creator of the world, too, can be known through the Veda alone, and never through a thousand inferences. Further, Brahman cannot be known through the evidence of perception, since the ordinary sense-organs are incapable of grasping Him, as declared ――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――― ¹ P. 1002. ² Viz Kāryyatva or state of being an effect ³ That is, it has been argued .— Whatever is an effect has a cause. The world is an effect. ∴ the world has a cause Now, we cannot know that the world is an effect, unless we have recourse to Scripture, and hence Scripture is needed even here too. ⁴ Viz. Kāryyatva or producibleness.