0400 Verse 523

Original

भावे सति हि दृश्यन्ते बीजादेवाङ्कुरोदयाः ।
न तु व्यापारसद्भावे भवत्किञ्चित्समीक्ष्यते ॥ ५२३ ॥

bhāve sati hi dṛśyante bījādevāṅkurodayāḥ |
na tu vyāpārasadbhāve bhavatkiñcitsamīkṣyate || 523 ||

As a matter of fact, it is on the existence of the seed itself that the sprout is seen to appear; on the other hand, nothing is seen as coming into existence on the existence of an ‘operation’.—(523)

Kamalaśīla

‘On the existence’,—i.e. on mere existence; i.e. on the existence of the Thing—the seed—itself, devoid of any other operation (or activity).—This establishes the fact of the Effect being positively and negatively concomitant with the Thing itself,—and not with the Operation.—(523)