Verse 1348

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

विश्लिष्यमाणसन्धौ च दर्वादौ परशुच्छिदा ।
प्रविशन्नुच्यते तेन तत्रैकत्वमवस्थितम् ॥ १३४८ ॥

viśliṣyamāṇasandhau ca darvādau paraśucchidā |
praviśannucyate tena tatraikatvamavasthitam || 1348 ||

When the compact fibre of the wood is rent asunder by the cut of the axe, the axe is (popularly) called the ‘cut’ only when it enters into the fibre; and it is in this way that there is sameness (between the axe and the cut).—(1348)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

When the cutting of the Trees with the Axe comes to be examined, it is found that the cut consists in the entering of the Axe into the wood-fibre; and this entrance is a property belonging to the Axe itself; so that in tins sense there is sameness between the Axe and the Out; and there is no incongruity in this.—(1348)

The same idea is further elucidated:—[see verse 1349 next]