0220 Verse 272

Original

यदि कर्तृत्वभोक्तृत्वे नैवावस्थां समाश्रिते ।
तदवस्थावतस्तत्वान्न कर्तृत्वादिसंभवः ॥ २७२ ॥

yadi kartṛtvabhoktṛtve naivāvasthāṃ samāśrite |
tadavasthāvatastatvānna kartṛtvādisaṃbhavaḥ || 272 ||

If the characters of doer and experiencer are not dependent upon the state,—then the said characters cannot belong to the soul,—as they can belong to only one who has that state.—(272)

Kamalaśīla

It has been asserted (under Text 227) that “the Soul’s characters of Doer and Experiencer are not dependent upon the State.” The answer to this is provided in the following:—[see verse 272 above]

If the character of ‘Doer’, etc. rested in the Souls themselves,—then these could never belong to the Soul, which never abandons its previous charactor. This argument may be formulated thus:—One who has not abandoned his previous States of non-doer and non-experiencer can never do or experience,—e.g. the Ākāśa,—and the Soul never abandons its State of nondoer and non-experiencer; hence we find (in the assertion concerned) conditions contrary to the more extensive character.—(272)