Verse 1031

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

अभेदो ह्येकरूपत्वं नीरूपेषु च तत्कुतः ।
एकत्वेऽर्थस्य पर्यायाः प्राप्नुवन्ति च वाचकाः ॥ १०३१ ॥

abhedo hyekarūpatvaṃ nīrūpeṣu ca tatkutaḥ |
ekatve'rthasya paryāyāḥ prāpnuvanti ca vācakāḥ || 1031 ||

‘Non-difference’ consists in being of the same form; how can this be there in what are formless? Words become synonyms only when what is denoted by them is one and the same.—(1031)

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

This same idea is explained more clearly in the following—[see verse 1031 above]

Question:—“If there is no one form in formless things, why should words not be synonymous?”

Answer:—‘Words become synonyms, etc. etc.’—(1031)