आगमे विश्वासटिप्पन्यः

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यदि न्यायानुरागाद्वः स्वपक्षेऽप्यनपेक्षता ।
भूतान्येव न सन्तीति न्यायोऽयं पर इष्यताम् ॥ १८८८ ॥

yadi nyāyānurāgādvaḥ svapakṣe’pyanapekṣatā |
bhūtānyeva na santīti nyāyo’yaṃ para iṣyatām || 1888 ||

The primary elemental substances cannot exist in the form of composite wholes, nor in the form of atoms; because there can be no conjunction of atoms,—as is going to be explained.—(1889)

Kamalaśīla

‘Teṣām’—of the Primary Elemental Substances.

‘Going to be explained’,—under the next chapter on the Examination of the ‘External World’.—(1889)

Question:—“If the said elements do not exist, then how is it that they figure in Cognitions?”

Answer:—[see verse 1890 next]