Verse 109

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

अनिष्पन्नात्मतत्वस्तु नैव व्याप्रियते क्वचित् ।
सर्वशक्तिवियुक्तत्वादाकाशकमलादिवत् ॥ १०९ ॥

aniṣpannātmatatvastu naiva vyāpriyate kvacit |
sarvaśaktiviyuktatvādākāśakamalādivat || 109 ||

If its own ‘essence’ is still unestablished, it cannot be operated upon by anything;—because it is bereft of all potency,—like the ‘sky-lotus’ and such things.—(109)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

The following Text proceeds to show that the ‘Essence’ cannot be something not-established:—[see verse 109 above]

‘Upon anything’;—this is a general statement; the meaning is that it cannot operate either upon itself or upon any other thing. If it did operate, then it would itself be an established entity; as such operation is the only characteristic of an established entity.—(109)

End of Chapter (3)—dealing with the Doctrine of Primordial Matter and God, both being the Joint Cause of the World.