1426 Verse 2197

Original

तस्मादुत्पत्त्यभिव्यक्त्योः कार्यार्थापत्तितः समः ।
सामर्थ्यभेदः सर्वत्र स्यात्प्रयत्नविवक्षयोः ॥ २१९७ ॥

tasmādutpattyabhivyaktyoḥ kāryārthāpattitaḥ samaḥ |
sāmarthyabhedaḥ sarvatra syātprayatnavivakṣayoḥ || 2197 ||

“For these reasons—in the production and manifestation (of word-sounds), the diversity of capacity is equally present, in the effort and the desire to speak,—such diversity being presumed on the basis of certain effects (facts) which cannot be otherwise explained.”—[Ślokavārtika— eternality of words, 82-83].—(2197)

Kamalaśīla

The word ‘utpattyabhivyaktyoḥ’ has the Locative ending,—the meaning being—‘in the production and in the manifestation of the Word-Sound’,—there is equal diversity of capacity in the Effort and the Desire to Speak;—why?—because the fact of certain well-known effects not being otherwise explicable indicates such diversity; that is, in both cases, the Presumption based upon the said inexplicability of certain facts is equally operative.—(2197)