0655 Verse 906

Original

यदि वा सर्वमेवेदं क्षणिकं स्यन्न वा तथा ।
क्षणिकत्वेऽन्वयायोगः क्रमिज्ञानं च नान्यथा ॥ ९०६ ॥

yadi vā sarvamevedaṃ kṣaṇikaṃ syanna vā tathā |
kṣaṇikatve’nvayāyogaḥ kramijñānaṃ ca nānyathā || 906 ||

Again, is all this momentary or not? If it is momentary, then there can be no co-ordination. if otherwise, there should be no successive cognition.—(906)

Kamalaśīla

The following Text sets forth the objection that applies to all the various’ theories on the subject:—[see verse 906 above]

All this—‘Specific Individuality’, ‘Universal’ and so forth (which has been held to be denoted by words)—is it momentary or not-momentary?—In the former case, as there could be no co-ordination between what existed at the time of the Convention and what exists at the time of Usage,—no Convention could apply to the case at all.—If, on the other hand, it be held that it is all not-momentary, then,—inasmuch as what is successive cannot proceed from what is not-successive, there would be no cognition relating to Words and their Import,—as such cognition can only be successive.

‘Otherwise’—i.e. if it is not-momentary.—(906)