0823 Verse 1139

Original

यद्येवमभिधीयेत वनमेकोऽपि पादपः ।
बहवोऽपि हि कथ्यन्ते सम्बन्धादेव सोऽस्ति च ॥ ११३९ ॥

yadyevamabhidhīyeta vanameko’pi pādapaḥ |
bahavo’pi hi kathyante sambandhādeva so’sti ca || 1139 ||

If it be so, then even a single tree could be spoken of as ‘vana’ (forest); several trees also are spoken of as such only through connection, and that is present in the single tree also.—(1139)

Kamalaśīla

If the application of the word ‘vana’ to Individual Trees, Dhava and the rest, be due only to the presence of the connection of the Connected, or of Connection itself, then even a single tree could be spoken of as ‘Vana’; as the basis of the application would be present there. For instance, even the several trees—Dhava and the rest—are spoken of as ‘Vana’, only through the connection of the Number of the Universal,—and not through anything else; and this connection is present in the single Tree also;—why then should this also not be spoken of as ‘vana’?—(1139)