Verse 2664

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

नरेच्छामात्रसम्भूतसङ्केतादपि केवलात् ।
युज्यते व्यवहारश्च ततो योगो न सिद्ध्यति ॥ २६६४ ॥

narecchāmātrasambhūtasaṅketādapi kevalāt |
yujyate vyavahāraśca tato yogo na siddhyati || 2664 ||

All usage becomes explicable on the basis of mere convention proceeding from the whims of men; hence there is no reason for postulating the relationship.—(2664)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

Having thus established the Invariable Concomitance (Premiss) of the Reasoning annulling the opponent’s conclusion, the Author sums up the argument that mere ‘Presumption’ is ‘inconclusive’,—a fact which has been explained before already:—[see verse 2664 above]

‘The Relationship’—i.e. as an eternal factor.—(2664)