1617 Verse 2522

Original

दूरमध्यसमीपस्थैरक्रमेणैवे गम्यते ।
प्रयोगानन्तरं तत्र सर्वेषां ज्ञानजातितः ॥ २५२२ ॥

dūramadhyasamīpasthairakrameṇaive gamyate |
prayogānantaraṃ tatra sarveṣāṃ jñānajātitaḥ || 2522 ||

As a matter of fact, the apprehension by men far, midway and near is not in any order of sequence at all; as in all cases the cognition is produced immediately after the use (utterance of the word-sound).—(2522)

Kamalaśīla

It has been argued by the Mīmāṃsaka, under Text 2175, that—“For them, the absence of contact being equally present in the case of distant and near sounds, the apprehension and non-apprehension by people far and near would be equally possible, and there could be no order of sequence”.

The answer to that is as follows:—[see verse 2522 above]

‘Successive Apprehension’ is not admitted, because the Cognitions of all men appear simultaneously.—(2522)