0464 Verse 603

Original

अविज्ञातार्थतत्त्वस्तु पिण्डमेकं च मन्यते ।
लोकस्तत्कल्पितापेक्षः परमाणुरिहोच्यते ॥ ६०३ ॥

avijñātārthatattvastu piṇḍamekaṃ ca manyate |
lokastatkalpitāpekṣaḥ paramāṇurihocyate || 603 ||

It is only people who have not understood the real nature of things that conceive of ‘one mass’; and it is on the basis of this assumption that the term ‘atom’ is used.—(603)

Kamalaśīla

It has been argued above (under Text 562) that “there could be no such word as Atom”.

The following Text supplies the answer to this:—[see verse 603 above]

‘It is on the basis, etc., etc.’—i.e. these people are dependent upon the slight thread of the said assumption.—(603)

Another answer is supplied in the following—[see verse 604 next]