Verse 1730

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

विधानप्रतिषेधौ हि परस्परविरोधिनौ ।
शक्यावेकत्र नो कर्तुं केनचित्स्वस्थचेतसा ॥ १७३० ॥

vidhānapratiṣedhau hi parasparavirodhinau |
śakyāvekatra no kartuṃ kenacitsvasthacetasā || 1730 ||

Affirmation and denial are mutually contradictory; and they cannot be made by any sane-minded person, in regard to one and the same thing.—(1730)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

Question “Why should there be contradiction between Identity and Difference (Affirmation and Denial)?”

Answer:—[see verse 1730 above]