1258 Verse 1890

Original

नावयव्यात्मता तेषां नापि युक्ताऽणुरूपता ।
अयोगात्परमाणूनामित्येतदभिधास्यते ॥ १८८९ ॥

nāvayavyātmatā teṣāṃ nāpi yuktā’ṇurūpatā |
ayogātparamāṇūnāmityetadabhidhāsyate || 1889 ||

Not having any real external form, they figure in cognitions only through the fruition of dispositions; just as during dreams; they do not appear anywhere else.—(1890)

Kamalaśīla

Anywhere else’,—i.e. apart from Cognition.—(1890)

Question:—“How then is it that people and the scriptures speak of the Earth and other Elemental Substances?”

Answer:—[see verse 1891 next]