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Upadeshasahasri 18.129

18.129 Shankaracharya

प्रामाण्येऽपि स्मृतेः शैघ्र्याद्यौगपद्यं विभाव्यते । क्रमेण ग्रहणं पूर्वं स्मृतेः पश्चात्तथैव च ॥

prāmāṇye'pi smṛteḥ śaighryādyaugapadyaṃ vibhāvyate | krameṇa grahaṇaṃ pūrvaṃ smṛteḥ paścāttathaiva ca ||

Even if memory is valid, the simultaneity is [only] imagined because of speed. The grasping before was in sequence, and so likewise is the memory afterwards.

स्मृति को प्रमाण मान लें, तब भी एक-साथ होना शीघ्रता के कारण ही माना जाता है। पहले ग्रहण क्रम से हुआ था, और बाद में स्मृति भी उसी तरह [क्रम से] होती है।

Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ

Part of a technical argument: what seems to happen all at once in the mind happens in quick succession.

एक तकनीकी तर्क का अंश: मन में जो एक साथ होता लगता है, वह तेज़ी से क्रमशः होता है।

Shankaracharya answers the Mimamsaka: even granting memory as valid, the apparent simultaneity is due to speed; the grasping happened in sequence, and so does the remembering.

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