Verse 1311

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

अग्निधूमादिबुद्धीनां कार्यकारणभावतः ।
व्यभिचारोऽपि विस्पष्टमेतस्मिन्नुपलभ्यते ॥ १३११ ॥

agnidhūmādibuddhīnāṃ kāryakāraṇabhāvataḥ |
vyabhicāro'pi vispaṣṭametasminnupalabhyate || 1311 ||

Inasmuch as between the cognition of fire and the cognition of smoke, there is the relation of cause and effect,—the same could be possible in the case in question also; hence the reason cited is found to be inconclusive also.—(1311)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

Again, the Text is going to show that the reason “Because their objects are different” (cited by Bhāvivikta in Text 1307) is Inconclusive, by reason of its presence in a thing where the Probandum is definitely known to be absent:—[see verse 1311 above]

‘Etasmin’ stands for the Reason cited—“Because their objects are different The Cognition of the Middle Term ‘Smoke’ is the cause of the cognition of the Major Term ‘Fire’,—even though the objects of the two cognitions are different. The same may be the case here (with the non-conceptual and the conceptual). So that the Reason adduced is Inconclusive.—(1311)