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विशेषणविशेष्यत्वसम्बन्धोऽप्यस्ति चेदिह ।
सम्बन्धान्तरसद्भावे ननु चासौ प्रकल्प्यते ॥ ७८३ ॥
तयोरासत्तिमाश्रित्य विशेषणविशेष्यता ।
कल्प्यते तदभावे तु साऽनिमित्ता न सिद्ध्यति ॥ ७८४ ॥

viśeṣaṇaviśeṣyatvasambandho’pyasti cediha |
sambandhāntarasadbhāve nanu cāsau prakalpyate || 783 ||
tayorāsattimāśritya viśeṣaṇaviśeṣyatā |
kalpyate tadabhāve tu sā’nimittā na siddhyati || 784 ||

If it be argued that—“in this case there is the relation of qualification—and—qualified”,—then the answer is that such a relation is assumed only when some other relation is already there; for instance, the relation of qualification and qualified is assumed on the basis of the close proximity (contact) between the two factors concerned; in the absence of such contact, the relation in question cannot be possible, as there would be no basis for it.—(783-784)

Kamalaśīla

Uddyotakara has argued as follows:—“The relation between the Universal ‘Jar’ with the particular Jar is of the nature of Inherence, while the relation of Negations is of the nature of Qualification and Qualified; so in both cases the ‘relation of the same thing’ is the basis for the common name”.

The answer to this is that ‘Such a relation, etc., etc.’; that is, the relation of Qualification and Qualified among Entities is always brought about by some other relation; e.g. the relation of Qualification and Qualified between Devadatta and his stick is due to conjunction (contact) between them, and the same between the King and his officer is due to the relation of Master and Servant. In the case of Negations however, there is no such other Relation which could form the basis of the relation of Qualification and Qualified; how then could any such relation be possible? If it were possible, then there would be an absurdity; everything could be the qualification of everything’,—(783-784)

The question then arising as to—“how, in the absence of any other relation, such notions are current among people as ‘the Prior Negation of the Jar’? the following Texts supply the answer—[see verses 785-786 next]