Verse 1989

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

माभूत्प्रमाणतः सिद्धिरणूनामस्तु संशयः ।
अभाव(निश्चय)स्त्वेषां कथं प्रेक्षावतां भवेत् ॥ १९८९ ॥

mābhūtpramāṇataḥ siddhiraṇūnāmastu saṃśayaḥ |
abhāva(niścaya)stveṣāṃ kathaṃ prekṣāvatāṃ bhavet || 1989 ||

“The existence of atoms, may not be proved. there may be doubt regarding them. but how could intelligent persons have the certainty that atoms do not exist at all?”—(1989)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

In the following text, the Opponent raises the objection that the Reason propounded in the form—‘Because the Earth and other things are not of the nature of one or several [therefore they must be non-existent]’—is doubtful and hence ‘inadmissible’:—[see verse 1989 above]

The following texts supply the answer to this—[see verses 1990-1992 next]