1106 Verse 1592

Original

पीनो दिवा न भुङ्क्ते चेत्येवमादिवचःश्रुतौ ।
रात्रिभोजनविज्ञानं श्रुतार्थापत्तिरुच्यते ॥ १५९२ ॥

pīno divā na bhuṅkte cetyevamādivacaḥśrutau |
rātribhojanavijñānaṃ śrutārthāpattirucyate || 1592 ||

“(4) ‘He is corpulent and does not eat during the day’—On hearing such words, one concludes that the man eats at night; and this is presumption based upon what is heard.”—[Ślokavārtika-arthāpatti.— presumption, 51]—(1592)

Kamalaśīla

(4) Presumption based upon Verbal Cognition is there when, on hearing the words that ‘Devadatta is corpulent without medication, and does not eat during the day’, one concludes that the man eats beforehand at night. Such an assumption is Presumption.—(1592)