0384 Verse 500

Original

एतेनैव प्रकारेण स्मृत्यादीनामसम्भवः ।
एकाधिकरणाभावात्क्षणक्षयिषु वस्तुषु ॥ ५०० ॥

etenaiva prakāreṇa smṛtyādīnāmasambhavaḥ |
ekādhikaraṇābhāvātkṣaṇakṣayiṣu vastuṣu || 500 ||

“In this same manner it may be shown that, if all things are in ‘perpetual flux’, remembrance and such other phenomena would be impossible,—as there would be no single substratum (under that theory).”—(500)

Kamalaśīla

As any single Agent would be impossible, it should be understood that there would be no possibility of any such phenomena as the following s—Remembrance, well-ascertained cognition, seeking for a thing hidden by oneself and so forth. Because in all these, the substratum being different, there would be incongruities; e.g. when Caitra is the original apprehender, doubter, hider and seeker,—Maitra could not be the rememberer, the ascertainer, seeker, and so forth.—(500)