Verse 2160

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

नहि सामस्त्यरूपेण यावद्व्योम व्यवस्थितः ।
शक्यते सकलो बोद्धुमेकदेशेन संस्कृतः ॥ २१६० ॥

nahi sāmastyarūpeṇa yāvadvyoma vyavasthitaḥ |
śakyate sakalo boddhumekadeśena saṃskṛtaḥ || 2160 ||

In as much as sound exists as a whole pervading over the entire ākāśa, it could not be cognised as a whole, if it were embellished in part.—(2160)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

The following text sums up the argument and shows how it is as stated:—[see verse 2160 above]

As a matter of fact, the Word-Sound pervades over the entire Ākāśa; and hence the whole of it could not be cognised if it were embellished only in part.—(2160)