1119 Verse 1618-1619

Original

उपादानासमाने च देशे जातिर्निरन्तरम् ।
रवेर्देशान्तरव्याप्त्या ज्वालादेरिव गम्यते ॥ १६१८ ॥
स्थिरात्मनो विशेषत्वान्नान्यथेयं प्रसज्यते ।
तस्य देशान्तरप्राप्तिः शक्तिस्त्वन्या निराकृता ॥ १६१९ ॥

upādānāsamāne ca deśe jātirnirantaram |
raverdeśāntaravyāptyā jvālāderiva gamyate || 1618 ||
sthirātmano viśeṣatvānnānyatheyaṃ prasajyate |
tasya deśāntaraprāptiḥ śaktistvanyā nirākṛtā || 1619 ||

When the sun reaches another place, what happens always is that it is born (again) in a place different from its original place; this is as it is found in the case of the fire-flame; a thing that remains permanent is of a totally different kind; otherwise such reaching of another place would not be possible.—As regards potency, it has already been shown that it is nothing apart from the thing.—(1618-1619)

Kamalaśīla

It has been argued (under Text 1588) that—“From the inferred mobility of the Sun, the Potency is cognised by Presumption”:—[see verses 1618-1619 above]

This shows that Presumption is included under Inference.

For instance, whenever anything is found to reach another place, it is a case of the thing being born in a place other than its original one;—as is found to be the case when the fire-flame moves from one place to the other;—the Sun is found to be reaching another place; hence this is an Inferential Reason based upon the nature of things.

This Reason cannot be regarded as ‘Inconclusive’; because a thing that remaim permanent—i.e. an object that always remains in one and the same form—cannot reach another place; as it can never renounce its original position; if it does renoimce it, it must be in a new- form born again. This is the Reasoning sublating any conclusions to the contrary.

It might be argued that—“This Presumption has been cited as proving the existence of the Potency, not the birth of the thing; how then is it that the Presumption is said to he included under this Inference?”

The answer to this is—‘As regards Potency, etc. etc.’—(1618-1619)