Verse 738

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

वैलक्षण्यमसिद्धं च पिण्डाकृत्यादिबुद्धिः ।
तज्ज्ञानानामसिद्धोऽपि हेतुरेष भवत्यतः ॥ ७३८ ॥

vailakṣaṇyamasiddhaṃ ca piṇḍākṛtyādibuddhiḥ |
tajjñānānāmasiddho'pi hetureṣa bhavatyataḥ || 738 ||

The fact of the notions in question being different from the notions of the body, shape, etc. is not admitted (or proved); hence the reason put forward is also open to the charge of being ‘un-proven’,—(738)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

As a matter of fact, the notions of the Cow and such things do not have for their objective anything other than the Body, etc. (of the animals); by virtue of which they could be held to be distinct from these latter.—(738)

The Conclusion also (of the Opponent’s Argument) is annulled by Inference:—[see verse 739 next]