Verse 71

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

यदि तु प्रतिबन्धोऽस्मिन्प्रमाणे नोपपद्यते ।
तदत्र युक्तितः सिद्धे न विवादोऽस्ति कस्यचित् ॥ ७१ ॥

yadi tu pratibandho'sminpramāṇe nopapadyate |
tadatra yuktitaḥ siddhe na vivādo'sti kasyacit || 71 ||

If it were proved by some valid means of cognition that there is an invariable concomitance between the probans and the probandum (cited by the naiyāyika), then, the conclusion would be fully established by reasoning, and no one could have anything to say against it.—(71)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

The following might be urged (by the Naiyāyika):—“As a matter of fact, there is invariable concomitance between the character of ‘having a peculiar arrangement of component parts’ and that of ‘being produced by an intelligent Cause’,—just as there is between this latter and the character of ‘being a Product (Effect)

The answer to this is provided in the following Text:—[see verse 71 above]

But, as a matter of fact, no such Invariable Concomitance is proved; this is what the Author proceeds to show by the following Text:—[see verse 72 next]