Verse 658

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

निरन्तरमिदं वस्तु सान्तरं चेदमित्ययम् ।
बुद्धिभेदश्च केनैष विद्यते तौ न चेदिह ॥ ६५८ ॥

nirantaramidaṃ vastu sāntaraṃ cedamityayam |
buddhibhedaśca kenaiṣa vidyate tau na cediha || 658 ||

“If conjunction and disjunction were not there, then to what would such distinct notions be due as—‘this thing is attached to it’—‘this is detached from it’?”—(658)

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

“Further, even when there is no other difference between two things, one is said to be ‘attached to it’, and another to be ‘detached from it’;—how could there be such diverse notions, if Conjunction and Disjunction did not exist, as something distinct, in the two things? A particular notion in regard to a thing cannot be possible without the presence of something peculiar; otherwise everything would be possible always and everywhere.”—(658)