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Original

सङ्केतासम्भवो ह्यत्र भेदादौ साधितः पुरा ।
वैफल्यं च न तद्धेत्वोः सन्दिग्धव्यतिरेकिता ॥ १२०७ ॥

saṅketāsambhavo hyatra bhedādau sādhitaḥ purā |
vaiphalyaṃ ca na taddhetvoḥ sandigdhavyatirekitā || 1207 ||

That there can be no convention in regard toé specific individuality’ and the rest has been already -proved before. hence the reasons adduced are neither ‘doubtful’ nor ‘concomitant with the contrary of the probandum—(1207)

Kamalaśīla

It has been already proved before—on the ground of the ‘Impossibility of Conventions’ (under Text 876 et seq.) and on that of its ‘not bearing upon anything else’,—that Convention is impossible and also useless.

‘Tat’—Hence, therefore.

The two Reasons are not Doubtful or Concomitant with the Contrary of the Probandum.—(1207)

In the following Texts, the Opponent argues that the first of the two Reasons adduced is ‘Inconclusive’:—[see verses 1208-1209 above]