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that the Jiva is but a reflection of Brahman, and
so unreal. No reason can be assigned for
interpreting the word as ":" "fallacious
argament."
Dr. Thibaut remarks in this con-
nexion as follows:-" Every Sutra- and Sutra
50 forms no exception-being so obscurely
expressed, that viewed by itself it admits of
various, often totally opposed, interpretations,
the only safe method is to keep in view, in the
case of each ambiguous aphorism, the general
drift and spirit of the whole work." If, so far,
we have succeeded in, overthrowing Dr. Thi-
baut's arguments against Sankara's interpreta-
tions of the Sutras, it must be admitted that
"the general drift and spirit of the whole work
is in favour of his doctrine. Dr. Thibaut's final
remark is:-"As things stand, this one Sutra
cannot at any rate, be appealed to as proving
that the pratibimbavada which in its turn pre-
supposes the mayavada, is the teaching of the
Sutra." We have already, in refuting Dr. Thi-
baut's remarks on Sutra 3 of iii. 2, established
the mayavada as the teaching of the Sutras, and
so this Sutra 50 of ii, 3 is a confirmation of the
correctness of our view.
that the Jiva is but a reflection of Brahman, and
so unreal. No reason can be assigned for
interpreting the word as ":" "fallacious
argament."
Dr. Thibaut remarks in this con-
nexion as follows:-" Every Sutra- and Sutra
50 forms no exception-being so obscurely
expressed, that viewed by itself it admits of
various, often totally opposed, interpretations,
the only safe method is to keep in view, in the
case of each ambiguous aphorism, the general
drift and spirit of the whole work." If, so far,
we have succeeded in, overthrowing Dr. Thi-
baut's arguments against Sankara's interpreta-
tions of the Sutras, it must be admitted that
"the general drift and spirit of the whole work
is in favour of his doctrine. Dr. Thibaut's final
remark is:-"As things stand, this one Sutra
cannot at any rate, be appealed to as proving
that the pratibimbavada which in its turn pre-
supposes the mayavada, is the teaching of the
Sutra." We have already, in refuting Dr. Thi-
baut's remarks on Sutra 3 of iii. 2, established
the mayavada as the teaching of the Sutras, and
so this Sutra 50 of ii, 3 is a confirmation of the
correctness of our view.