आगमे विश्वासटिप्पन्यः

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मन्त्रौषधादिशक्त्या च पुनर्भोग्यं कथं भवेत् ।
नित्यत्वान्नहि तत्तेभ्यो विशेषं प्रतिपद्यते ॥ २५४८ ॥

mantrauṣadhādiśaktyā ca punarbhogyaṃ kathaṃ bhavet |
nityatvānnahi tattebhyo viśeṣaṃ pratipadyate || 2548 ||

How could the auditory organ come within the range of one’s experience, through the influence of charms and medicines, etc.? Being eternal, it cannot derive any peculiarities from these.—(2548)

Kamalaśīla

Says the Opponent:—“It is found that even what is not an effect is influenced by things: for instance, the Auditory Organ, which was not within range of one’s experience before (in the case of the deaf) comes within its range, through the influence of medicines and charms. Thus your Reason becomes Inconclusive”.

The answer to this is as follows:—[see verse 2548 above]

‘Medicines, etc.’—‘etc? includes scratchings, operations.

‘How could it, etc.’—i.e. if, even so, it did not have the character of an effect.

“Even if it is not an Effect, there would be influencing by the mere production of peculiarities.”

Answer:—‘Being eternal, etc. etc.’—(2548)