Verse 270

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

स्वरूपेणैव लीयन्ते यद्यवस्थाश्च पुंसि वः ।
दुःखाद्यप्यनुभूयेत तत्सुखादिसमुद्भवे ॥ २७० ॥

svarūpeṇaiva līyante yadyavasthāśca puṃsi vaḥ |
duḥkhādyapyanubhūyeta tatsukhādisamudbhave || 270 ||

If your ‘states’ become merged into the soul in their own form, then, on the appearance of happxness, unhappiness also should be felt.—(270)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

It has been asserted that “on the appearance of another State, the preceding State is not entirely destroyed”;—the following Text supplies the answer to this:—[see verse 270 above]

When the States become merged in the Common Soul, they could be so merged either in their own form or in some other form; if it is the former that is meant, then on the appearance of Happiness,—i.e. when there is feeling of the State of Happiness,—Unhappiness also should be felt; as this latter also is possessed of the common character of ‘feeling—(270)

If they become merged in some other form, then there would be the following difficulty:—[see verse 271 next]