Verse 105

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

उत्कटं शक्तिरूपं च यदि तन्मात्रकारणम् ।
सर्वदा तद्भवेद्धेतोर्नित्यरूपस्य सन्निधेः ॥ १०५ ॥

utkaṭaṃ śaktirūpaṃ ca yadi tanmātrakāraṇam |
sarvadā tadbhaveddhetornityarūpasya sannidheḥ || 105 ||

If the manifested form of the potency had that same (primordial matter and god) for its cause, then, that would continue to be there at all times, because of the proximity of the cause, which is eternal.—(105)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

The following might be urged:—“Even though all the Potencies are present in Primordial Matter, yet a particular effect is produced only by that particular Potency which becomes manifestly operative and thereby becomes the Cause of that effect; thus it is that there is no simultaneity in the appearance of effects.”

The answer to this is provided in the following Text:—[see verse 105 above]

The ‘manifested form’ of Sattva and other Attributes that you speak of,—cannot be said to be eternal; because these are found to appear at only certain times; then, in regard to the coming into existence of this ‘manifested form’, there are only three alternatives: they could be either (a) produced by the same Cause,—Primordial Matter and God—, or (b) produced by some other Cause,—or (c) they would be self-sufficient.—(a) Under the first of these alternatives, the said ‘manifested form’ would always be there, because its Cause, in the shape of Primordial Matter and God, is eternal and hence always present close at hand.—(105)

As regards to second alternative, the objection is stated in the following Text:—[see verse 106 next]