0502 Verse 658

Original

निरन्तरमिदं वस्तु सान्तरं चेदमित्ययम् ।
बुद्धिभेदश्च केनैष विद्यते तौ न चेदिह ॥ ६५८ ॥

nirantaramidaṃ vastu sāntaraṃ cedamityayam |
buddhibhedaśca kenaiṣa vidyate tau na cediha || 658 ||

“If conjunction and disjunction were not there, then to what would such distinct notions be due as—‘this thing is attached to it’—‘this is detached from it’?”—(658)

Kamalaśīla

“Further, even when there is no other difference between two things, one is said to be ‘attached to it’, and another to be ‘detached from it’;—how could there be such diverse notions, if Conjunction and Disjunction did not exist, as something distinct, in the two things? A particular notion in regard to a thing cannot be possible without the presence of something peculiar; otherwise everything would be possible always and everywhere.”—(658)