0754 Verse 1040

Original

यथा सप्रतिघं रूपं सनिदर्शनमित्यपि ।
प्रयत्नानन्तरज्ञातो यथा वा श्रावणो ध्वनिः ॥ १०४० ॥

yathā sapratighaṃ rūpaṃ sanidarśanamityapi |
prayatnānantarajñāto yathā vā śrāvaṇo dhvaniḥ || 1040 ||

For instance, colour is spoken of as an ‘obstacle’ and also as ‘visible’;—and sound is spoken of as ‘cognised after effort’, and also as ‘auditory’ or ‘audible—(1040)

Kamalaśīla

Colour is spoken of as an ‘obstacle’ when it prevents the appearance of another colour in its own place; and it is also spoken of as ‘visible’,—because it serves to bring about visual perception.

A second example is cited ‘And Sound, etc. etc?;—even though sound is a single entity, yet, on being the resultant of the cognition following upon effort (of the speaker), it is spoken of as ‘Cognised’; and as the resultant of auditory perception, it is spoken of as ‘auditory’; ‘śravaṇa’ stands for ‘śruti’, audition, i.e. Auditory Perception; and what appears therein is ‘auditory’, Or the term ‘śrāvaṇa’ may be explained as ‘perceived by the auditory organ’,—(1040)