Verse 138

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

नित्यशब्दमयत्वे च भावानामपि नित्यता ।
तद्यौगपद्यतः सिद्धेः परिणामो न सङ्गतः ॥ १३८ ॥

nityaśabdamayatve ca bhāvānāmapi nityatā |
tadyaugapadyataḥ siddheḥ pariṇāmo na saṅgataḥ || 138 ||

If things consisted of eternal ‘sound’, they also would be eternal; and hence as things would be accomplished simultaneously with the sound, no ‘modification’ would be compatible.—(138)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

The Author states another objection (to the Sound-theory)—in the following Text:—[see verse 138 above]

If Things consisted of eternal Sound,—i.e. if they were of the same nature as eternal Sound,—i.e. if Sound constitutes the very essence of the World,—then Things also should be held to be eternal; and hence as at all times the Things would be accomplished simultaneously with Sound,—on account of their being so accomplished,—it is not possible for them to be of the nature of ‘modifications’,—‘Tat’ stands for ‘tasmāt’, Hence.

Or the ‘simultaneity’ meant may be that of all such things as the Blue and the like.—(138)