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अथ सन्मूर्छितं रूपं द्रव्यपर्याययोः स्थितम् ।
तद्द्विरूपं हि निर्भागं नरसिंहवदिष्यते ॥ ३२५ ॥

atha sanmūrchitaṃ rūpaṃ dravyaparyāyayoḥ sthitam |
taddvirūpaṃ hi nirbhāgaṃ narasiṃhavadiṣyate || 325 ||

It might be urged that—“what exists is the mixed form of the ‘substance’ and the ‘successive factors’,—because it is held to be dual in form, but impartite,—like Narasiṃha.”—(325)

Kamalaśīla

Against what the Buddhist has said under Text 322 above, the author anticipates the following objection from the opponent’s (Jaina’s) standpoint:—[see verse 325 above]

‘Mixed’—joined together; that is why the form of the ‘Substance’, though existent, is not perceived:—The next sentence explains the reason for its being thus ‘mixed’ in character: Because it is held to be etc.,—i.e. because the Soul and otherngs, though dual in form, are held to be impartite,—like Narasiṃha; and because the Soul is impartite, therefore it exists in the joint dual form, and hence is not perceived separately.—(325)

That this assertion (of the Jaina) involves self-contradiction is pointed out in the following—[see verse 326 next]