Verse 846-847

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

आधाराधेयनियमो नन्वेकत्वेऽस्य दुर्घटः ।
द्रव्यत्वं द्रव्य एवेष्टं कथं तत्समवायतः ॥ ८४६ ॥
तस्यासौ समवायश्च गुणादिष्वपि विद्यते ।
गुणजात्यादिसम्बन्धादेक एव ह्ययं तयोः ॥ ८४७ ॥

ādhārādheyaniyamo nanvekatve'sya durghaṭaḥ |
dravyatvaṃ dravya eveṣṭaṃ kathaṃ tatsamavāyataḥ || 846 ||
tasyāsau samavāyaśca guṇādiṣvapi vidyate |
guṇajātyādisambandhādeka eva hyayaṃ tayoḥ || 847 ||

If inherence is one only, then any restriction regarding the container and contained is impossible. the universal ‘substance’ is held to subsist in substance only;—how could that be due to inherence? this same inherence of the substance is present in quality, etc. also; as these latter are related to the universals ‘quality’, etc.;—and inherence is the same in both.—(846-847)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

According to us, there is no such relation of Container and Contained as is held to subsist between the Universal ‘Colour’ and the particular Colour; it is admitted by you only; and this is impossible for you who regard Inherence to be one only. These and other incongruities in the Opponent’s standpoint are now pointed out, For instance, the Opponent accepts the restriction that the Universal ‘Substance’ subsists in Substances alone; and he does so on the basis of ‘Inherence’;—now the ‘Inherence’ of the Universal as ‘Substance’ is present in Qualities also; because those are related to the Universal ‘Quality’.

Question:—“Even though the Relation is there, how is it concluded that that Relation is that of Inherence?”

Answer:—‘Inherence is the same in both ‘Both’—i.e. the two Universals ‘Substance’ and ‘Quality Thus the notions having the same basis in both eases, admixture and confusion are inevitable.—(846-847)