Verse 2158

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

नचाप्याधारभेदेन संस्कारनियमो भवेत् ।
यतः शब्दो निराधारो व्योमात्मादिवदेव च ॥ २१५८ ॥

nacāpyādhārabhedena saṃskāraniyamo bhavet |
yataḥ śabdo nirādhāro vyomātmādivadeva ca || 2158 ||

Nor can there be determination of the embellishment through the diversity of substratum; because sound has no substratum at all,—like ākāśa and soul.—(2158)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

It might be argued that—as the substratum of the Sound varies, there could be embellishment of it, even though it is without parts,—through that diversity of substratum.

The answer to the above is as follows:—[see verse 2158 above]

Because Sound is all-pervading, like Ākāśa and Soul,—it is without substratum.—(2158)