0739 Verse 1024

Original

स एव च तदाकारशब्दार्थोऽपोह उच्यते ।
सामान्यं वस्तुरूपं च तथा भ्रान्त्याऽवसायतः ॥ १०२४ ॥

sa eva ca tadākāraśabdārtho’poha ucyate |
sāmānyaṃ vasturūpaṃ ca tathā bhrāntyā’vasāyataḥ || 1024 ||

That same ‘form of the cognition’ called the ‘Apoha’, is the ‘denotation of the word’,—also (regarded as) a ‘positive entity in the form of the ‘commonalty’; on account of its being apprehended as such, through mistake.—(1024)

Kamalaśīla

The following Text proceeds to show that our view is not open to the charge of ‘futility’—of having a Probandum that is already proved;—[see verse 1024 above]

The ‘form of the Cognition’ described above, as imposed upon it as something external, is called ‘Apoha’,—which is the ‘denotation of the word’; and it is spoken of as an external thing, in the shape of the Commonalty (or Universal).

The reason for this is stated—‘On account, etc. etc.’;—i.e. because it is apprehended in the form of the Commonalty, and in the form of a positive entity.

The reason for its being called ‘the denotation of the word’ and the ‘Apoha’ has already been explained above, under Texts 1017 and 1007.—(1024)

Question—“Wherefore is not that a real Commonalty (Universal)?”

Answer:—[see verse 1025 next]