Verse 437

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

ततः प्रभृति ये जाता विशेषास्ते तु तत्कृताः ।
तद्रूपप्रकृतित्वेन तेषां तदुपयोगिनाम् ॥ ४३७ ॥

tataḥ prabhṛti ye jātā viśeṣāste tu tatkṛtāḥ |
tadrūpaprakṛtitvena teṣāṃ tadupayoginām || 437 ||

Thenceforward the particular entities that come into existence are brought about by that; on account of the fact that those that help towards them are of that nature.—(437)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

‘Thenceforward’;—i.e. since the moment following the second ‘moment’.

‘Are brought about by that’;—that is, produced by the particular causes brought about by the auxiliaries.

“How so?”

‘On account of, etc. etc.’;—i.e. because their nature is of that character,—i.e. produced by particular causes brought about by particular auxiliaries, ‘Those that help towards them’;—this should be construed with the preceding phrase ‘because their nature is of that form’; and the particle ‘ca’ has to be understood as before the phrase ‘Those that help towards them’, The meaning thus is as follows:—Towards the effect that comes into existence at the third moment, the particulars that have appeared during the second moment are helpful, as its cause; and those that are so helpful have the character of having a nature which is capable of producing the effects producible by the particulars brought about by the auxiliaries; so that the particulars appearing at the third moment are all brought about by these.—(437)

Question—“How does this restriction become applicable to these?”

Answer.—[see verse 438 next]