Verse 2437-2438

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

न हि शीर्यत इत्युक्तो वेदे यः पुरुषोऽस्य च ।
बाधाऽनुमानतः स्पष्टा नैरात्म्ये प्रतिपादिता ॥ २४३७ ॥
जात्याद्यन्यदपि प्रोक्तं बाधितं तत्र साधितम् ।
ज्ञापितप्रतिबन्धा च साऽनुमा प्राक्प्रबाधिका ॥ २४३८ ॥

na hi śīryata ityukto vede yaḥ puruṣo'sya ca |
bādhā'numānataḥ spaṣṭā nairātmye pratipāditā || 2437 ||
jātyādyanyadapi proktaṃ bādhitaṃ tatra sādhitam |
jñāpitapratibandhā ca sā'numā prākprabādhikā || 2438 ||

The person who has been spoken of in the Veda as ‘not perishing’,—the denial of such a person through inference has been clearly set forth in the section where ‘the no-soul doctrine’ has been expounded.—The ‘universal’ and other things also have been shown there to have been discarded. The inference based upon well-recognised invariable concomitance, as explained before, is what sets aside the soul.—(2437-2438)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

It has been declared in the Veda—‘This indeed is the Soul’; and in reference to this Soul, it is asserted—‘It is imperishable, it never perishes’;—and again—‘Indestructible indeed is the Soul, characterised by indestructibility—‘Does not perish’—i.e. is eternal. ‘Are’—is an expletive.

Universal and other things’—‘Other things’ stands for Qualities and Substances.—In what way these have been discarded by proofs, has been shown under the chapter on the ‘Six Categories’.—And the Inference that discards the Soul is one based upon well-recognised Premisses, shown under the Chapter on ‘No-Soul’,—(2437-2438)