Verse 743

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

सिद्धेऽप्यन्यनिमित्तत्वे न सामान्यं प्रसिद्ध्यति ।
अनुगाम्येकमध्रौव्यविविक्तं च क्रमोदयात् ॥ ७४३ ॥

siddhe'pyanyanimittatve na sāmānyaṃ prasiddhyati |
anugāmyekamadhrauvyaviviktaṃ ca kramodayāt || 743 ||

Even though it may be taken as established that the notions in question have a different cause, the existence of the ‘universal’ as comprehensive, and free from impermanence, does not become established; because the notions in question appear in succession.—(743)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

Even granting that the existence of something other than the ‘Blue’ is proved, there can be no proof for what you desire to prove; as your Conclusion itself is barred by Inference, and to that extent, the Premiss also cannot be admitted.—This is what is shown in the following—[see verse 743 above]

‘Free from impermanence’,—i.e. free from non-eternality,—eternal.

“Why is it not established?”

‘Because the notions in question appear in succession’; i.e. the notions of the ‘Cow’ and the rest. If these were due to any such commonality as the ‘Universal’, then they would not appear in succession,—as their cause being always present in its perfect form, they should all appear simultaneously; just like several things produced simultaneously. Specially because a cause that cannot be helped does not need anything else.—(743)

Now, even admitting the Reason, the Author shows that it is ‘fallible’ (‘not true’, ‘Inconclusive’):—[see verse 744 next]