Verse 2624

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

कार्यकारणभूताभ्यां वस्तुभ्यामन्य एव न ।
कार्यकारणतायोगस्ते एव तु तथोदिते ॥ २६२४ ॥

kāryakāraṇabhūtābhyāṃ vastubhyāmanya eva na |
kāryakāraṇatāyogaste eva tu tathodite || 2624 ||

The relation of cause and effect is not anything different from the things that are the cause and the effect; it is these things themselves that are spoken of as such.—(2624)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

Says the Opponent—“If, as has been said, there is no real relationship between the Object and the Word,—then how does the said caudal relationship come about?”

Answer:—[see verse 2624 above]:

‘The Cause and the Effect’—i.e. the two things of which one is the Cause and another the Effect.

‘Spoken of as such’—as ‘Causal relation’, etc.—for the sake of brevity.—(2624)