0680 Verse 934

Original

न चान्वयविनिर्मुक्ता प्रवृत्तिः शब्दलिङ्गयोः ।
ताभ्यां च न विनाऽपोहो न चासाधारणेऽन्वयः ॥ ९३४ ॥

na cānvayavinirmuktā pravṛttiḥ śabdaliṅgayoḥ |
tābhyāṃ ca na vinā’poho na cāsādhāraṇe’nvayaḥ || 934 ||

“Of the word and the indicative, no operation is possible without concomitance;—and without these (word and the indicative), there can be no Apoha;—and there can be no concomitance for what is ‘uncommon’ (unique, specific).”—[Ślokavārtika-Apoha 73]—(934)

Kamalaśīla

Further, it is held by you that the Apoha is indicated by the Word and by the Inferential Indicative; now both these, Word and Indicative, cannot be operative in the absence of a positive ‘Universal’; hence (for you) how is the Apoha indicated?”

This argument is set forth in the following—[see verse 934 above]

‘Anvayavinirmuktā’—i.e. without co-ordination.

‘These’—i.e. the Word and the Indicative.—Without these, the Apoha ‘cannot be apprehended’,—this has to be taken as understood.

It might be said that—“the Word and the Indicative may operate on the basis of concomitance with the Specific Individuality”.

The answer to this is that ‘there can be, etc. etc.’, That is, the Specific Individuality is something uncommon, not partaking of anything else; how can there be any concomitance with it?—Thus Word and Indicative can have no bearing on the assumption of ‘Apoha’.—(934)