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## Samantabhadra-Bharati
[ Chapter 5
Fifth Chapter
The Flaw in the Absolute and Relative Nature of Siddhi
If there were relative siddhi, then duality would stand.
In absolute siddhi, there is no generality and particularity. ||73||
'If siddhi, the certainty of the existence of dharma-dharmi, karya-karana, etc., is considered to be relative, i.e., entirely dependent on each other, then neither the relative nor the absolute can stand. There is no certainty of either, and both are absent. And if siddhi is considered to be entirely absolute, i.e., independent of anything, then there is no generality and particularity. Because both generality, which is anvay or non-difference, and particularity, which is vyatireka or difference, are dependent on each other. Their siddhi is dependent on each other, they cannot exist without mutual dependence. That is, non-difference cannot exist without difference, and difference cannot exist without non-difference.'
Explanation - (The first half of this karika mentions the belief of the Buddhists and its flaw, and the second half mentions the belief of the Yogis and its flaw. The Buddhists believe that in nirvikalpa pratyaksha jnana, there is no appearance of anything like dharma-dharmi, etc., like near and far. The subsequent vikalpa-buddhi, through which the distinctions of visheshana-visheshyatva, samanya-visheshatva, guna-gunitva, kriya-kriyavatva, karya-karanatva, sadhya-sadhanatva, grahya-grahakatva are all imagined, are not real, but are all relative.