0462 Verse 600

Original

ननु चाव्याप्यवृत्तित्वात्संयोगस्य न रक्तता ।
सर्वस्यासज्यते नापि सर्वमावृतमीक्ष्यते ॥ ६०० ॥

nanu cāvyāpyavṛttitvātsaṃyogasya na raktatā |
sarvasyāsajyate nāpi sarvamāvṛtamīkṣyate || 600 ||

“Inasmuch as conjunction is not all-embracing in its character, the colouring cannot belong to all the cloth; nor is the whole found to be covered.”—(600)

Kamalaśīla

He argues as follows:—“The colour spoken of as belonging to the Cloth is of the nature Conjunction (contact) with such colouring substances as the red dye, saffron and so forth; and Conjunction is a quality that is not all-embracing; hence when one (part) is coloured, the whole does not become coloured.—Similarly when one part of the body is covered by the Cloth, the whole body does not become covered.—(600)

The following Text shows that this explanation is not right:—[see verses 601-602 next]