Verse 913

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:

ननु ज्ञानफलाः (शब्दा न चैकस्य फलद्व)यम् ।
अपवादविधि(ज्ञाने फलमेकस्य वा कथम्) ॥ ९१३ ॥

nanu jñānaphalāḥ (śabdā na caikasya phaladva)yam |
apavādavidhi(jñāne phalamekasya vā katham) || 913 ||

“In fact, cognition is the fruit of words; and no single word can have two fruits. how too could both affirmation and negation be the fruit of any one word?”—(913)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

It might be said (by the other party) that—“one and the same word ‘Cow’ would bring about both the notions, and hence the second word need not be sought after”—To this, Bhāmaha makes the following reply:—[see verse 913 above]

“Words have for their fruit the cognition of affirmation and of negation.—‘What then?—No single word can have two fruits; of any one word,—be it affirmative or negative,—there cannot be two fruits appearing at one and the same time; that is, no such is ever found.—Nor again is it possible for mutually contradictory cognitions of affirmation and negation to be the fruit of a single word.”—(913)