0407 Verse 530

Original

प्रबन्धवृत्त्या गन्धादेरिष्टैवान्योन्यहेतुता ।
तदबाधकमेवेदं तद्धेतुत्वप्रसञ्जनम् ॥ ५३० ॥

prabandhavṛttyā gandhāderiṣṭaivānyonyahetutā |
tadabādhakamevedaṃ taddhetutvaprasañjanam || 530 ||

As regards odour and other qualities (appearing in the jar), the fact of their being causes of each other, as forming factors of the same ‘chain’, is actually admitted (by us); and this idea is not annulled by the alleged anomaly of their being such causes.—(530)

Kamalaśīla

It has been argued above by the Opponent (under Text 486) that—“the Odour and other qualities that appear when the colour of the Jar has been destroyed, etc. etc.”;—but this is not incompatible with the Buddhist’s argument;—this is what is shown in the following—[see verse 530 above]

As regards Colour, Taste and other qualities, it is already admitted by us that as forming part of the same ‘chain’ they are auxiliary causes of each other; as has been thus declared—‘Without the action of Potency, there is no Cause of Taste; this is the only explanation of all past qualities that have existed at the same time, which is derived from the indications of their Effects’,—(530)