Verse 125

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

तथाहि ज्ञापको हेतुर्वचो वा तत्प्रकाशकम् ।
सिद्धेर्निमित्ततां गच्छन्साध्यज्ञापकमुच्यते ॥ १२५ ॥

tathāhi jñāpako heturvaco vā tatprakāśakam |
siddhernimittatāṃ gacchansādhyajñāpakamucyate || 125 ||

As regards the indicative,—be it in the form of the probans, or in the form of words expressive of that (probans),—it is said to be ‘indicative’ of the probandum (desired conclusion), only when it becomes the ‘cause’ of the proving (making known) [of the said conclusion].—(125)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

The following might be urged:—“The Reason that I adduce is indicative, not productive; why then should my conclusion not be proved?”

The answer to this is provided by the following text:—[see verse 125 above]

The indicative Probans—i.e. the Probans fulfilling the three conditions, as conceived by the Reasoner for his own benefit;—or in the form of words,—when the same Probans is asserted for the benefit of some one else,—expressive of that—i.e. of the Probans.—Cause of the proving,—i.e. of the bringing about of the definite cognition of the object to be cognised.—If it were otherwise, and the Probans or Reason did not serve as the ‘Cause’ of the said proving,—then, how could it he regarded as an ‘indicative’? In fact, in this way, everything would be ‘indicative’ of every thing else.—(125)