Verse 1394

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

कथंचिदुपलभ्यत्वमन्यथा नहि सिध्यति ।
व्यवहारस्य साध्यत्वे प्रसिद्धं स्यान्निदर्शनम् ॥ १३९४ ॥

kathaṃcidupalabhyatvamanyathā nahi sidhyati |
vyavahārasya sādhyatve prasiddhaṃ syānnidarśanam || 1394 ||

Otherwise, it cannot be admitted that ‘it is somehow apprehended’.—If it is usage that is sought to be proved,—then something well known should form the corroborative instance.—(1394)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

‘Otherwise’,—i.e. if what has been just said is not admitted, then—the Probans—in the form ‘because it is somehow apprehended’—cannot be admitted.

Previous to this the defect pointed out in the statement of the other party was that it was futile; it is now pointed out that it is inadmissible.

If it is Usage that is meant to be proved,—then the Corroborative Instance could be found in the case where the use had been made; and in this case, the Probans would become ‘three-featured’. Otherwise, if there were no Corroborative Instance, the Usage also could not be known.—(1394)