Verse 1889

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

यदि न्यायानुरागाद्वः स्वपक्षेऽप्यनपेक्षता ।
भूतान्येव न सन्तीति न्यायोऽयं पर इष्यताम् ॥ १८८८ ॥

yadi nyāyānurāgādvaḥ svapakṣe'pyanapekṣatā |
bhūtānyeva na santīti nyāyo'yaṃ para iṣyatām || 1888 ||

The primary elemental substances cannot exist in the form of composite wholes, nor in the form of atoms; because there can be no conjunction of atoms,—as is going to be explained.—(1889)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

‘Teṣām’—of the Primary Elemental Substances.

‘Going to be explained’,—under the next chapter on the Examination of the ‘External World’.—(1889)

Question:—“If the said elements do not exist, then how is it that they figure in Cognitions?”

Answer:—[see verse 1890 next]