११९ ४२४ . न चैवमाकाशस्यैवापह्नवः, अंत्रावरणाभाव इति तदाश्रय तया झडित्येव स्फुरणात् । न चैवंगने व्यवहारः । कचित्—इह गगनम् इति व्यवहारस्तु मूर्तवस्तुसम्बन्धवशाद्वा प्रदेशनिष्ठतया वा निर्वहति । ४२५ . शब्दो विभुगुणो न भवति, बाह्येन्द्रियग्राह्यगुणत्वादिति किं नानुमीयते ? स्पशों न पृथिव्यादिगुणः, नीरूपेन्द्रियग्राह्यत्वादिति द्रव्यान्तरं वा किमिति न लभ्यते । ४२६. अत आकाशकालदिगात्ममनांसि सुखदु:वेच्छादथश्च सा 424. Nor is thus (the existence of) ether itself (lenied; for the form * here is 10) obstruction ' it (ether) is i7ाmediately cognised as the substrate of that A11d there is not thus such empirical usage (like * here is ether ) in respoect of ether. As, however, for the 1sage sometimcs (in the form1) * here is ether ', that is explained as due either to being related t) s()ाme corptoreal substance (like, pot, ro0m, etc.) or to referring to : (particular) 10cality (as content) 425 . Why is there not inferred that sound is 10t the quality of what is al-pervasive, because it is an attribute cognised by an external sense-orga7 (1ike colour) ? (Likewise), why is there 10t established some other substance (for touch etc.) since t010ch is not an attribute of earth, etc., because it is cognised by a sense.organ that has no colour (like sound (or cognition). 426. Therefore ether, time, space, self, mind, pleasure, pain, desire etc.,• are directly the spheres of
