1733 Verse 2744

Original

केवलैन्द्रियकत्वे च हेतावत्र प्रकल्पिते ।
जात्या बाधितया पूर्वं व्यभिचारो न गम्यते ॥ २७४४ ॥

kevalaindriyakatve ca hetāvatra prakalpite |
jātyā bādhitayā pūrvaṃ vyabhicāro na gamyate || 2744 ||

If the reason put forward is only amenability to sense-organs, it is certainly not recognised as fallacious,—in view of the fact that the ‘universal’ has already been discarded.—(2744)

Kamalaśīla

It has been argued by the Mīmāṃsaka, under Text 2744, that—“If the Reason that is put forward is only amenability to sense-organs, then it is clearly fallacious, etc. etc.”.

The answer to this is as follows:—[see verse 2744 above]

‘Already’—under the chapter dealing with the ‘Universal—(2744)