1279 Verse 1934

Original

प्रसुप्तिकाद्यवस्थासु शरीरविकृतावपि ।
नान्यथात्वं मनोबुद्धेस्तस्मान्नेयं तदाश्रिता ॥ १९३४ ॥

prasuptikādyavasthāsu śarīravikṛtāvapi |
nānyathātvaṃ manobuddhestasmānneyaṃ tadāśritā || 1934 ||

In the states of paralysis, etc.,—even though there is change in the body, there is no change in the subjective consciousness; hence this latter cannot be regarded as subsisting in the body.—(1934)

Kamalaśīla

It might be argued that—“as the Cognition would subsist in the Body, it could not be regarded as without cause”.

The answer to that is as follows:—[see verse 1934 above]

When the body is struck with diseases like Paralysis, there is modification in it; but that does not make any change in the Subjective Consciousness; hence this Subjective Consciousness cannot be regarded as subsisting in the Body; when one thing does not become directly modified upon the modification of another thing, it cannot be regarded as subsisting in this latter;—e.g. the Horse, which is not modified by the modification of the Cow (does not subsist in the Cow);—on the modification of the Body, Subjective Consciousness does not always and directly become modified, in the state of Paralysis, etc.;—hence there is non-apprehension of the wider character (which implies the absence of the less wide).—(1934)