0831 Verse 1148-1149

Original

पचतीत्यनिषिद्धं तु स्वरूपेणैव तिष्ठति ।
इत्येतच्च भवद्वाक्यं परस्परपराहतम् ॥ ११४८ ॥
अन्यरूपनिषेधोऽयं स्वरूपेणैव तिष्ठति ।
इत्यन्यथा निरर्थं स्यात्प्रयुक्तमवधारणम् ॥ ११४९ ॥

pacatītyaniṣiddhaṃ tu svarūpeṇaiva tiṣṭhati |
ityetacca bhavadvākyaṃ parasparaparāhatam || 1148 ||
anyarūpaniṣedho’yaṃ svarūpeṇaiva tiṣṭhati |
ityanyathā nirarthaṃ syātprayuktamavadhāraṇam || 1149 ||

Your assertion that “the cooking remains un-negatived in its own form” involves self-contradiction; because the words ‘in its own form’ can only mean that ‘there is negativing of the form of other acts’; otherwise the emphasising would be meaningless.—(1148-1149)

Kamalaśīla

It has been asserted (in Text 975, by Kumārila) that—“the ‘cooking’ remains un-negatived in its own form”.

The following Text shows that this assertion involves self-contradiction on the part of Kumārila:—[see verses 1148-1149 above]

Question:—“In what way is there self-contradiction?”

Answer:—‘Because what the words, etc. etc.’,—That is, when it is asserted that ‘the Cooking remains un-negatived in its own form’, the emphasis laid upon the last phrase indicates that.the Cooking remains itself by negativing the forms of other acts. If that were not the meaning, then the emphasis that you have laid upon the phrase ‘in its own form’ would be meaningless, as there would be nothing that would be precluded by that emphasis.—(1148-1149)