0765 Verse 1053-1054

Original

यस्मिन्नधूमतो भिन्नं विद्यते हि स्वलक्षणम् ।
तस्मिन्ननग्नितोऽप्यस्ति परावृत्तं स्वलक्षणम् ॥ १०५३ ॥
यथा महानसे चेह विद्यतेऽधूमभेदि तत् ।
तस्मादनग्नितो भिन्नं विद्यतेऽत्र स्वलक्षणम् ॥ १०५४ ॥

yasminnadhūmato bhinnaṃ vidyate hi svalakṣaṇam |
tasminnanagnito’pyasti parāvṛttaṃ svalakṣaṇam || 1053 ||
yathā mahānase ceha vidyate’dhūmabhedi tat |
tasmādanagnito bhinnaṃ vidyate’tra svalakṣaṇam || 1054 ||

That wherein subsists the specific individuality (smoke) differentiated from non-smoke,—in that same subsists also the specific individuality (fire) differentiated from non-fire; as in the kitchen; and herein (in the hill) there is the specific individuality differentiated from non-smoke;—hence the specific individuality differentiated from non-fire also must be there.—(1053-1054)

Kamalaśīla

‘That’—i.e. that place.

‘Herein’—subsists the Specific Individuality distinguished from nonsmoke; this proposition asserts the presence of the Inferential Indicative (Probans) in the subject of the Inference (Hill).

‘Hence, etc. etc.’—asserts the resultant cognition (Conclusion) brought about by the Premises.

Or, the meaning may be that all the five factors of the Inferential Process may be shown by indicating the concomitance in connection with Specific Individualities.—(1053-1054)

The above is an example of the Inference where the Probans is the effect of the Probandum. The following texts cite an example of the Probans in the form of the nature of things:—[see verses 1055-1056 next]