Verse 603

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

अविज्ञातार्थतत्त्वस्तु पिण्डमेकं च मन्यते ।
लोकस्तत्कल्पितापेक्षः परमाणुरिहोच्यते ॥ ६०३ ॥

avijñātārthatattvastu piṇḍamekaṃ ca manyate |
lokastatkalpitāpekṣaḥ paramāṇurihocyate || 603 ||

It is only people who have not understood the real nature of things that conceive of ‘one mass’; and it is on the basis of this assumption that the term ‘atom’ is used.—(603)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

It has been argued above (under Text 562) that “there could be no such word as Atom”.

The following Text supplies the answer to this:—[see verse 603 above]

‘It is on the basis, etc., etc.’—i.e. these people are dependent upon the slight thread of the said assumption.—(603)

Another answer is supplied in the following—[see verse 604 next]