0791 Verse 1089

Original

वस्त्वित्यध्यवसायत्वान्नावस्तुत्वमपोहयोः ।
प्रसिद्धं सांवृते मार्गे तात्त्विके त्विष्टसाधनम् ॥ १०८९ ॥

vastvityadhyavasāyatvānnāvastutvamapohayoḥ |
prasiddhaṃ sāṃvṛte mārge tāttvike tviṣṭasādhanam || 1089 ||

Inasmuch as the Apohas are apprehended as ‘things’ they cannot be regarded as non-entities; this is well known and admitted as pertaining to the illusory aspect of things. as regards the real aspect, what the opponent seeks to prove is accepted by us already.—(1089)

Kamalaśīla

It has been argued (under Text 964, by Kumārila) that—“There could be no relation of Denoter and Denoted, between two Apohas”.—

The answer to this is as follows:—[see verse 1089 above]

If by the reason adduced—“Because they are non-entities”—it is meant to be a general statement of fact, then that is not admitted; because the two Apohas in question.—which are in the form of Reflections—one of which is the denoter and the other is the denoted,—are actually recognised by deluded persons as external things; and hence they are endowed with illusory reality.—(1089)

If, on the other hand, the Reason adduced pertains to the Real Character of ‘Entity’,—then the argument is superfluous. Because in fact, we do not accept anything as being the denoter or denoted, in reality.—This is what is shown in the following—[see verse 1090 next]