The Tattvasangraha [with commentary]

by Ganganatha Jha | 1937 | 699,812 words | ISBN-10: 8120800583 | ISBN-13: 9788120800588

This page contains verse 353 of the 8th-century Tattvasangraha (English translation) by Shantarakshita, including the commentary (Panjika) by Kamalashila: dealing with Indian philosophy from a Buddhist and non-Buddhist perspective. The Tattvasangraha (Tattvasamgraha) consists of 3646 Sanskrit verses; this is verse 353.

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

तत्र ये कृतका भावास्ते सर्वे क्षणभङ्गिनः ।
विनाशं प्रति सर्वेषामनपेक्षतया स्थितेः ॥ ३५३ ॥

tatra ye kṛtakā bhāvāste sarve kṣaṇabhaṅginaḥ |
vināśaṃ prati sarveṣāmanapekṣatayā sthiteḥ || 353 ||

Among these, all those things that are ‘created’ are in ‘perpetual flux’,—because, as regards their destruction, all of them are entirely independent.—(353)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

As regards their destruction, things are independent of other Causes.—This briefly indicates the Reason which fulfills all the three conditions of the Valid Probans.—(353)

This reason is more clearly stated in the following—[see verse 354-355 next]

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