Verse 357

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

सर्वत्रैवानपेक्षाश्च विनाशे जन्मिनोऽखिलाः ।
सर्वथा नाशहेतूनां तत्राकिञ्चित्करत्वतः ॥ ३५७ ॥

sarvatraivānapekṣāśca vināśe janmino'khilāḥ |
sarvathā nāśahetūnāṃ tatrākiñcitkaratvataḥ || 357 ||

All produced things are always and everywhere independent in regard to their destruction; as in this matter, all causes of destruction are entirely inefficacious.—(357)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

‘Always and everywhere’,—i.e. at all times and places,—the produced things are independent of the cause of their destruction; because those that are not accepted as the cause of the destruction are inefficacious,—i.e. of no use; and there can be no ‘dependence’ upon what is of no use,—it renders no help;—as if there were, then it would lead to an absurdity.—(357)

The following Text shows why they are inefficacious:—[see verse 358 next]