0317 Verse 400

Original

तस्मिन्सति हि कार्याणामुत्पादस्तदभावतः ।
अनुत्पादात्स एवैवं हेतुत्वेन व्यवस्थितः ॥ ४०० ॥

tasminsati hi kāryāṇāmutpādastadabhāvataḥ |
anutpādātsa evaivaṃ hetutvena vyavasthitaḥ || 400 ||

The effects would in that case be produced only when the said ‘condition’ is there,—and they would not be produced when the ‘condition’ is not there and thus it would be this ‘condition’ that would have to be regarded as their cause.—(400)

Kamalaśīla

When ‘it’—i.e., the said condition—is there.—‘Thus’, i.e., from the positive and negative concomitance just pointed out.—(400)