Verse 121

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

यश्च नैवंविधो भावस्तस्य नैव निवृत्तितः ।
एकान्तिकमसंबन्धाद्गम्यतेऽन्यनिवर्त्तनम् ॥ १२१ ॥

yaśca naivaṃvidho bhāvastasya naiva nivṛttitaḥ |
ekāntikamasaṃbandhādgamyate'nyanivarttanam || 121 ||

When a thing is neither the one nor the other, its absence does not conclusively preclude the other thing; because there is no connection.—(121)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

It might be argued that—“Even though not invariably concomitant, the Proof (being absent) may yet preclude the existence of the Thing—The answer to this is provided by the following Text:—[see verse 121 above]

Neither the one nor the other,—i.e. neither the Cause, nor pervasive;—the absence of what is not invariably concomitant cannot rightly be taken as necessarily precluding the other thing; for if it did, it would lead to an absurdity: the absence of the Horse might, in that case, imply the absence of the Cow also.—(121)