Verse 1084

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

नातोऽसतोऽपि भावत्वमिति क्लेशो न कञ्चन ।
तस्य सिद्धौ च सत्ताऽस्ति सा चासत्ता प्रसिध्यति ॥ १०८४ ॥

nāto'sato'pi bhāvatvamiti kleśo na kañcana |
tasya siddhau ca sattā'sti sā cāsattā prasidhyati || 1084 ||

Thus then there is no such calamity as that of the non-existent becoming a positive entity. In fact, even on the establishment of the negation, the existence remains there (in the entity),—and the non-existence (of the negation) becomes established thereby.—(1084)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

The following Text shows that this also becomes answered by the above pointing out of the Inconclusive character of the Opponent’s Reason:—[see verse 1084 above]

It has been argued (under the same Text 959) that—“if Non-existence is not established, there can be no Existence; nor can Non-existence be established”.—The answer to tins is that—even on the establishment of the Negation, in the above manner, the existence of the Positive Entity does become established; as that rests upon its own nature. And the above-mentioned establishment of Negation also constitutes its non-existence.

The answer to this argument has been made out of its turn (along with that to Kumārila’s argument put forward under 955 et seq.), because the same answer is applicable to both.—(1084)