Verse 2097-2099

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

यन्नाम तार्किको ब्रूयात्पौरुषेयत्वसाधनम् ।
तन्निराकरणात्सिद्धा वेदस्यापौरुषेयता ॥ २०९७ ॥
वस्तुभूतौ हि यौ पक्षौ प्रधानपरमाणुवत् ।
तयोरन्यतरासिद्ध्या नेतरः सिद्ध्यति स्वयम् ॥ २०९८ ॥
प्रधानकारणत्वस्य निराकृत्यापि साधनम् ।
साध्यं हेत्वन्तरेणैव परमाणुकृतं जगत् ॥ २०९९ ॥

yannāma tārkiko brūyātpauruṣeyatvasādhanam |
tannirākaraṇātsiddhā vedasyāpauruṣeyatā || 2097 ||
vastubhūtau hi yau pakṣau pradhānaparamāṇuvat |
tayoranyatarāsiddhyā netaraḥ siddhyati svayam || 2098 ||
pradhānakāraṇatvasya nirākṛtyāpi sādhanam |
sādhyaṃ hetvantareṇaiva paramāṇukṛtaṃ jagat || 2099 ||

“When the logician asserts the fact of the Veda being the work of an author, the refutation of that fact proves the fact of the Veda not being the work of an author.”—(2097)

When there are two positive views regarding a question—e.g. ‘primordial matter’ and ‘atom’ as the cause of the world,—if one is not proved, the other does not become proved by itself.—(2098)

Even after refuting the fact of primordial matter being the cause of the world, the idea of the atom being the cause of the world has got to be proved by other reasons.—(2099)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

[verse 2097]:

Question:—Even on the refutation of the Opponent’s view, if the upholder of the Veda does not actually prove his own view, how could the latter be accepted and the upholders of the Veda become satisfied?

This Question is further expounded:—[see verse 2098 above]

[verse 2098]:

The following Text explains the term ‘Primordial Matter and Atom’:—[see verse 2099 above]

[verse 2099]:

Even though the Vaiśeṣika has (successfully) refuted the Sāṅkhya view that the World is a product of Primordial Matter,—yet he has got to prove, by means of other Reasons, the fact of the world being the product of Atoms;—similarly in the case in question (it is necessary for the Mīmāṃsaka to adduce reasons in proof of his view).—(2099)

The answer to the above (from the Mīmāṃsaka) is as follows:—[see verses 2100-2101 next]