The Tattvasangraha [with commentary]

by Ganganatha Jha | 1937 | 699,812 words | ISBN-10: 8120800583 | ISBN-13: 9788120800588

This page contains verse 1051 of the 8th-century Tattvasangraha (English translation) by Shantarakshita, including the commentary (Panjika) by Kamalashila: dealing with Indian philosophy from a Buddhist and non-Buddhist perspective. The Tattvasangraha (Tattvasamgraha) consists of 3646 Sanskrit verses; this is verse 1051.

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

एकप्रत्यवमर्शे हि केचिदेवोपयोगिनः ।
प्रकृत्या भेदवत्त्वेऽपि नान्य इत्युपपादितम् ॥ १०५१ ॥

ekapratyavamarśe hi kecidevopayoginaḥ |
prakṛtyā bhedavattve'pi nānya ityupapāditam || 1051 ||

It would be only a few things which, while being diverse by themselves, would bring about a single determinate judgment; as already explained by us.—(1051)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

The following might be urged—“In the absence of some one Commonalty, how can the things that bring about a single determinate judgment become diverse?”

The answer to this is as follows:—[see verse 1051 above]

It has been explained in course of our examination of the ‘Universal’ that the Dhātrī (Āmalakī and other fruits), without commonalty, come to perform a single fruitful action; in the same way, it would be only a few things that would bring about the single determinate judgment and yet be many and diverse.—(1051)

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