Verse 106

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

न चापरंपरैरिष्टमतो नैवान्यतोऽपि तत् ।
नापि स्वतन्त्रमेवेदं कादाचित्कत्वसंभवात् ॥ १०६ ॥

na cāparaṃparairiṣṭamato naivānyato'pi tat |
nāpi svatantramevedaṃ kādācitkatvasaṃbhavāt || 106 ||

(b) As regards the second alternative, that cannot be accepted by the other party; and for that very reason, it could not be the effect of some other cause.—(c) Nor can it be self-sufficient; as it appears only at certain times.—(106)

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

Apart from Primordial Matter and God, no other Cause is admitted by the Sāṃkhyas, from which the said ‘manifested form’ could be produced.—Nor is the third alternative right; this is what is asserted by the words ‘nor can it be self-sufficient’.—(106)