Verse 1397

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

पतत्कीटकृतत्वस्य न विशेषः समीक्ष्यते ।
पतत्कीटकसंस्पर्शप्रतिलब्धोदयस्य च ॥ १३९७ ॥

patatkīṭakṛtatvasya na viśeṣaḥ samīkṣyate |
patatkīṭakasaṃsparśapratilabdhodayasya ca || 1397 ||

There is no distinction perceived between ‘being brought about by the falling insect’ and ‘having its appearance felt on the touch of the falling insect’.—(1397)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

The following Text points out the defect in the third argument (put forward by Pātrasvāmin, in Text 1373, regarding the ‘falling insect’):—[see verse 1397 above]

‘There is no distinction perceived’,—between the Probans (Premiss) and the Proposition (Conclusion); that is, the Probans is a part of the Proposition itself. In the case in question, what is meant to be proved is the fact of the Pain being due to a particular insect,—and the same fact is asserted, in different words, in the Probans (Premiss). Hence there is no difference between the Premiss and the Conclusion.—(1397)