Verse 1039

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

तथाऽनेकार्थकारित्वादेको नैक इवोच्यते ।
अतत्कार्यपरावृत्तिबाहुल्यपरिकल्पितः ॥ १०३९ ॥

tathā'nekārthakāritvādeko naika ivocyate |
atatkāryaparāvṛttibāhulyaparikalpitaḥ || 1039 ||

Similarly, when performing several fruitful functions, even a single thing is spoken of as if it were many,—by virtue of the multiplicity of the exclusions of things not performing those functions.—(1039)

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

The following text shows that even with regard to one and the same thing,—even without a positive ‘Universal’ or ‘Particular’,—there is application of several words independently of one another:—[see verses 1039 above]

Sometimes, even while only one, by its nature, a thing comes to perform several functions, through the intervention of other accessories; and in such cases, even without any diverse elements in the shape of positive commonalties and the like, several characters are imposed upon it on account of the multiplicity of ‘exclusions’ of things not performing those functions; and as a consequence of this, several words come to be applied to that thing.—(1039)

An example of this is cited in the following—[see verse 1040 next]