0218 Verse 270

Original

स्वरूपेणैव लीयन्ते यद्यवस्थाश्च पुंसि वः ।
दुःखाद्यप्यनुभूयेत तत्सुखादिसमुद्भवे ॥ २७० ॥

svarūpeṇaiva līyante yadyavasthāśca puṃsi vaḥ |
duḥkhādyapyanubhūyeta tatsukhādisamudbhave || 270 ||

If your ‘states’ become merged into the soul in their own form, then, on the appearance of happxness, unhappiness also should be felt.—(270)

Kamalaśīla

It has been asserted that “on the appearance of another State, the preceding State is not entirely destroyed”;—the following Text supplies the answer to this:—[see verse 270 above]

When the States become merged in the Common Soul, they could be so merged either in their own form or in some other form; if it is the former that is meant, then on the appearance of Happiness,—i.e. when there is feeling of the State of Happiness,—Unhappiness also should be felt; as this latter also is possessed of the common character of ‘feeling—(270)

If they become merged in some other form, then there would be the following difficulty:—[see verse 271 next]