Verse 1726

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

ननु सत्येकरूपत्वे धर्मभेदो न सिद्ध्यति ।
अकल्पितो विभेदो हि नानात्वमभिधीयते ॥ १७२६ ॥

nanu satyekarūpatve dharmabhedo na siddhyati |
akalpito vibhedo hi nānātvamabhidhīyate || 1726 ||

In fact, if the thing has only one form, it cannot have diverse properties; a diversity that is not a creation of fancy is what is called ‘plurality’.—(1726)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

This shows that the Reason adduced by the Jaina is ‘contradictory’; inasmuch as it proves the contrary of what is intended to be proved. For instance, what the other party intends to prove is real diversity of properties; but no such ‘diversity of properties’,—which is not a creation of fancy—is proved by the Reason adduced; as ‘one-ness’ of the thing itself is admitted; and what is one entity cannot be compatible with Diversity; as Diversity is what is called ‘Plurality’; and how can a thing that is Plural be one?—(1726)

The Corroborative Instance that has been cited (by the Jaina writer) is ‘devoid of the Probandum’, and the Probans also is one that is concomitant with the contrary of the Probandum.—This is what is shown in the following—[see verse 1727 next]