Guest guest Posted July 21, 1999 Report Share Posted July 21, 1999 On 15 Jul 1999, Vijay Pai wrote: > > Let S(t) = sentence number t of the composite sastra. > > Ok, I can dig it. S is a function mapping N --> Sentences, where > "N" is the set of natural numbers. > > P(t) = 1/S(t) > > Now here, how does one take the reciprocal of a sentence? Sorry, I was in a rush so I "overloaded" the equal sign and referred to S(t) as the sentence and the meanings of the sentence. It should be clear that S(t) is the MEANINGS of sentence t. Any honest person can understand the result either way: if you have 2 different words with 4 meanings each, you have 16 possibilities to look at not one. Since the first 5 Cantos of the Bhagavatam has over 1.7 million words, what is the probability of guessing the correct meaning of the text through the mental method of looking up different meanings of words? It's 2^(-1.7 million) assuming a conservative only 2 varying meanings per word. The whole point is that through our imperfect senses, tendency to cheat, tendency to make mistakes, and tendency to be illusioned, we cannot arrive at the Absolute Truth by our own endeavors. We need to go to a perfect person (self-realized person) or have it revealed by the Absolute Truth, Lord Krsna Himself through the process of devotional service. > CxSentences. Go back and learn mathematics before wasting all > our time. Sorry, but one does not need to learn mathematics to engage in devotional service (ahaituky-apratihata). But if you have a method of knowing that the meanings you are assigning to these words is correct, let's hear this method. Sincerely, Virender http://www.krishnasoft.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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