0961 Verse 1348

Original

विश्लिष्यमाणसन्धौ च दर्वादौ परशुच्छिदा ।
प्रविशन्नुच्यते तेन तत्रैकत्वमवस्थितम् ॥ १३४८ ॥

viśliṣyamāṇasandhau ca darvādau paraśucchidā |
praviśannucyate tena tatraikatvamavasthitam || 1348 ||

When the compact fibre of the wood is rent asunder by the cut of the axe, the axe is (popularly) called the ‘cut’ only when it enters into the fibre; and it is in this way that there is sameness (between the axe and the cut).—(1348)

Kamalaśīla

When the cutting of the Trees with the Axe comes to be examined, it is found that the cut consists in the entering of the Axe into the wood-fibre; and this entrance is a property belonging to the Axe itself; so that in tins sense there is sameness between the Axe and the Out; and there is no incongruity in this.—(1348)

The same idea is further elucidated:—[see verse 1349 next]