0618 Verse 853

Original

कुण्डदध्नोश्च संयोग एकः पूर्वं निराकृतः ।
न चासौ नियतस्तस्माद्युज्यते(तिप्रसङ्ग्तः) ॥ ८५३ ॥

kuṇḍadadhnośca saṃyoga ekaḥ pūrvaṃ nirākṛtaḥ |
na cāsau niyatastasmādyujyate(tiprasaṅgtaḥ) || 853 ||

That the conjunction in the case of the curd and the pit is one only has been already rejected by us before; any restriction on that basis is not possible; as that would lead to absurdities.—(583)

Kamalaśīla

^(‘)Before’—i.e. in the Chapter on the Refutation of the Quality of Conjunction.

Conjunction may be one only, yet the objection remains—this is what is shown in the text—‘Any restriction, etc.’.

On that basis’,—i.e. on the basis of Conjunction.

The ‘absurdity’ referred to lies in the possibility of such notions as ‘the Pit in the Curd’; as the only ground for it—in the shape of Conjunction, -would be equally available in this also.—(853)