1656 Verse 2594

Original

अनेकदेशवृत्तौ वा सत्यपि प्रतिबिम्बके ।
स्थूलसूक्ष्मादिवद्भेदादेकत्वं नैव विद्यते ॥ २५९४ ॥

anekadeśavṛttau vā satyapi pratibimbake |
sthūlasūkṣmādivadbhedādekatvaṃ naiva vidyate || 2594 ||

Even if the reflected image exists in several places, it varies regarding its largeness, smallness and so forth; hence it cannot be one and the same.—(2594)

Kamalaśīla

Granting that the Reflected Image is a real entity; even so several such images can figure in the same Cognition;—this is what is shown in the following:—[see verse 2594 above]:

‘And so forth’—includes length, etc.

It might be argued that—“Even though there is diversity of largeness and the rest, yet in some way, on account of all being blue, etc., they might figure in the same cognition”.

But even so, that does not prove real one-ness; the one-ness might be assumed; but as regards that, your argument would be futile (as that is admitted by us also).

If the one-ness were real, even when the Images are perceived in different places, etc.,—then there may be one-ness between the Brāhmaṇa and the Cāṇḍāla, on the ground of both being men;—there would be one-ness between your mother and your wife, on the ground of both being women,—one-ness also between your mouth and the lower orifice, on the ground of both being made up of Earth. In fact, the whole universe would be one, on the ground of everything being a Entity; and in that case the contingency of the simultaneous birth and death of things would become irresistible.—(2594)