Verse 2458

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

(शब्दैकत्वप्रसिद्ध्यर्थं)प्रयुक्तेषु तु हेतुषु ।
विजातीयाविरोधित्वात्प्रतिबन्धो न सिद्ध्यति ॥ २४५८ ॥

(śabdaikatvaprasiddhyarthaṃ)prayukteṣu tu hetuṣu |
vijātīyāvirodhitvātpratibandho na siddhyati || 2458 ||

In the reasons that have been put forward in proof of the idea of the one-ness of the word,—there is no invariable concomitance possible; because they are not incompatible with the contrary.—(2458)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

It has been argued by the Mīmāṃsaka, under Text 2121, that—“The notions of the individual Cow-word, though diverse, etc. etc.”

The answer to this is as follows:—[see verse 2458 above]

For proving the idea of the Word being one only, the Inferential Reasons that have been adduced are such that if a contrary conclusion is established, there has not been shown any reason for sublating such a conclusion consequently all those Reasons are Inconclusive.—(2458)