Verse 354-355

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

यद्भावं प्रति यन्नैव हेत्वन्तरमपेक्षते ।
तत्तत्र नियतं ज्ञेयं स्वहेतुभ्यस्तथोदयात् ॥ ३५४ ॥
निर्निबन्धा हि सामग्री स्वकार्योत्पादने यथा ।
विनाशं प्रति सर्वेऽपि निरपेक्षाश्च जन्मिनः ॥ ३५५ ॥

yadbhāvaṃ prati yannaiva hetvantaramapekṣate |
tattatra niyataṃ jñeyaṃ svahetubhyastathodayāt || 354 ||
nirnibandhā hi sāmagrī svakāryotpādane yathā |
vināśaṃ prati sarve'pi nirapekṣāśca janminaḥ || 355 ||

When a certain thing does not need any other cause for the bringing about op a certain condition, that condition should be regarded as attaching to it permanently,—because, out op its own causes, that thing appears in that condition;—just as the causal conditions are independently, by themselves, capable of producing their effect;—and all the things that are produced are independent op all else in the matter op their destruction.—(354-355)

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

The argument is to be formulated as follows:—When certain things are independent in regard to a certain condition, they should be regarded as permanently attached to that condition:—as for example, the causal conditions that produce their effect immediately, are permanently restricted to those effects;—all things that are produced,—i.e. all created things—are independent in regard to their destruction; hence this is a natural reason (for concluding that they are permanently attached to this destruction).—‘Any other Cause’,—i.e. any cause other than that which has produced the thing itself.—The reason for this statement is added—because out of its own causes, it appears in that form;—i.e. because it is produced in a form so permanently attached to the said condition.'—When certain things are not permanently attached to a certain condition, they are not independent in regard to that condition; as for instance, the unbaked jar in reference to the Baking. This forms the corroborative instance per dissimilarity.—(354-355)