आगमे विश्वासटिप्पन्यः

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केवलैन्द्रियकत्वे च हेतावत्र प्रकल्पिते ।
जात्या साधितयेदानीं व्यभिचारः प्रतीयते ॥ २३१७ ॥

kevalaindriyakatve ca hetāvatra prakalpite |
jātyā sādhitayedānīṃ vyabhicāraḥ pratīyate || 2317 ||

“If the reason that is put forward is only amenability to the sense-organs,—then it is clearly recognised as fallacious, in view of the universal which has been established”.—[Ślokavārtika,—eternality of words, 343-344].—(2317)

Kamalaśīla

So far the Proposition (of the Buddhist) that ‘Word is non-eternal’ has been criticised in detail. The Mīmāṃsaka now proceeds to criticise his Reason—‘Because it is perceptible by the Senses’.—[see verse 2317 above]

‘Only amenability to the sense-organs’,—without any such qualification as ‘being a product’ and so forth.

If the Reason (Probans) is put forward in this unqualified form, then it becomes ‘fallacious’, ‘Inconclusive’, in view of the ‘Universal’ which has been established before; because no ‘negative concomitance’ would be available (to confirm the Premiss),—(2317)