0442 Verse 572

Original

तथाहि भिन्नं नैवान्यैः षण्णामस्तित्वमिष्यते ।
तेषां वर्गश्च नैवैकः कश्चिदर्थोऽभ्युपेयते ॥ ५७२ ॥

tathāhi bhinnaṃ naivānyaiḥ ṣaṇṇāmastitvamiṣyate |
teṣāṃ vargaśca naivaikaḥ kaścidartho’bhyupeyate || 572 ||

Further, the other party do not regard the ‘existence’ of the six categories as anything different; nor is any single ‘group’ of them admitted.—(572)

Kamalaśīla

In the following Text, the Author further reiterates the ‘inconclusive’ character of the Reason adduced by the other party:—[see verse 572 above]

There are such expressions used as ‘ṣaṇṇām padārthānām astitvam’, ‘the existence of the Six Categories’, ‘ṣaṇṇām vargaḥ’, ‘the group of six’,—where the Genitive forms are used, even though there is no real difference between the two factors (the Categories and their existence, or the Categories and their group). You do not admit any such thing as ‘existence’, apart from the Six ‘Categories’ themselves.

This is only by way of illustration. In fact, in such words as ‘dārāḥ’, ‘sikatāḥ’ and the like, even though the Plural number is used, we do not perceive a multiplicity of the things (wife or sand).

As a matter of fact, the ‘svatva’, ‘self-hood’, of a thing is not regarded as a distinct category.—(572)