Verse 1623

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

क्षपाभोजनसम्बन्धी पुमानिष्टः प्रतीयते ।
दिवाभोजनवैकल्यपीनत्वेन तदन्यवत् ॥ १६२३ ॥

kṣapābhojanasambandhī pumāniṣṭaḥ pratīyate |
divābhojanavaikalyapīnatvena tadanyavat || 1623 ||

What is cognised is the man spoken of as related to eating at night;—on the ground of his being fat while going without food during the day,—like another person.—(1623)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

The following Text shows how the said cognition becomes included under ‘Inference’:—[see verse 1623 above]

‘Iṣṭaḥ’—spoken of,—i.e. the Man as related to eating at night. The Probans is—‘because while going without food during the day, he is fat ‘like another person’ is the Corroborative Instance.

This is a Probans in the form of ‘effect’—(1623)

Question:—“How is the relation of Cause and Effect known in this case?”

Answer:—[see verse 1624 next]