0756 Verse 1042

Original

तत्कार्यहेतुविश्लेषात्क्वचिच्छ्रुतिरिहोच्यते ।
अश्रावणं यथा रूपं विद्युद्वाऽयत्नजा यथा ॥ १०४२ ॥

tatkāryahetuviśleṣātkvacicchrutirihocyate |
aśrāvaṇaṃ yathā rūpaṃ vidyudvā’yatnajā yathā || 1042 ||

In some cases, the word is applied on the basis of the exclusion of the effect and cause of the thing; as for example, colour is spoken of as ‘inaudible’, or lightning is spoken of as ‘not produced by effort’.—(1042)

Kamalaśīla

Thus it, has been shown that diverse words are applied to the same thing, on the basis of the multiplicity of effects (function) and causes. The following Text is going to show that diverse words are applied to the same thing, even without a commonalty, where there is desire to express only the exclusion of its effect and cause:—[see verse 1042 above]

The term ‘Kāryahetu’ stands for the things of which the previously-mentioned factors are the Effect and Cause;—the ‘Viśleṣa’ of these is their exclusion (denial).

“What are the words like this?”

‘Inaudible, etc. etc.’;—Colour is spoken of as ‘inaudible’, when what is meant is the exclusion of Sound which is the effect of Auditory Perception;—similarly, for the purpose of excluding things produced by effort, the term ‘not produced by effort’ is applied to Lightning.—(1042)