Verse 679

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

अथानिर्वचनीयत्वं समूहादेर्निषिध्यते ।
यस्मान्नियतधर्मत्वं रूपशब्दरसादिवत् ॥ ६७९ ॥

athānirvacanīyatvaṃ samūhāderniṣidhyate |
yasmānniyatadharmatvaṃ rūpaśabdarasādivat || 679 ||

If the fact of the ‘group’ and such things being undefinable is denied (by the opponent) on the ground that they have distinctive features,—just like colour, sound, taste and other things,—[then our answer is as given in the next text].—(679)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

He has argued as follows:—“The particular states of the Group and the Chain are not incapable of being defined as this or not-this,—because they are endowed with distinctive features,—just like Colour, Taste and such things.”—(679)

The following Text supplies the answer to this argument (of Aviddhakarṇa):—[see verses 680-681 next]