0700 Verse 955

Original

यदा चाशब्दवाच्यत्वान्न व्यक्तीनामपोह्यता ।
तदाऽपोह्येत सामान्यं तस्यापोहाच्च वस्तुता ॥ ९५५ ॥

yadā cāśabdavācyatvānna vyaktīnāmapohyatā |
tadā’pohyeta sāmānyaṃ tasyāpohācca vastutā || 955 ||

“When individualities could not be what is ‘excluded by apoha’ because they are not denoted by words,—then the commonalty (universal) alone is what could be ‘excluded’; and because of its ‘exclusion’, it must be an entity.”—[Ślokavārtika-Apoha 95]—(955)

Kamalaśīla

The author proceeds to prove, in another way, the fact of Commonalty (Universal) being a real entity:—[see verse 955 above]

‘Individualities’.—That is, the Uncommon (Specific) Entities—cannot be expressed by words; hence they cannot be regarded as ‘excluded’; because what is not spoken of cannot be denied (or excluded).

The Commonalty alone is what could be excluded,—that is, because that alone is what is expressed by words.—(955)