Verse 761

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

यदि नामाध्रुवा व्यक्तिर्लभेतातिशयं तदा ।
जातेस्तु विगुणं रूपं न कदाचिन्निवर्त्तते ॥ ७६१ ॥

yadi nāmādhruvā vyaktirlabhetātiśayaṃ tadā |
jātestu viguṇaṃ rūpaṃ na kadācinnivarttate || 761 ||

If the particular object be not permanent, it might acquire additional characters; but even so, the defective nature of the ‘universal’ would never cease.—(761)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

It may be that the Particular Object, being impermanent, will acquire additional qualities later on; but the ‘Universal’, being permanent, will always retain its character of being averse to Inherence; hence how could it be ‘inherent’ even at a later stage?—Nor can it be right to assert that—“the ‘Universal’ remains for ever in a state which is not averse to subsequent Inherence”;—because in that case, the Particular Object also would have to be regarded as eternal; as the ‘Universal’ related to it would be eternal; because in the absence of one relative, the other relative cannot be said to be devoid of the defect preventing its related nature.—(761)

The following Text puts forward the answer given by Uddyotakara:—[see verse 762 next]