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15 [ Ekāntānityapakşakhandanāșțakam]
kṣaṇikajñānasantānarūpe'pyātmanyasaṁsayam. himsādayo na tattvena svasiddhāntavirodhataḥ.
Infact, violence etc. are not feasible, in the soul ( as perceived by advocates ) of momentary theory of ceaseless flow of consciousness. Because existence of these ( violence etc. ) in soul is, in contrary, to their doctrines.
nāśahetorayogena kșanikatvasya saṁsthiti”. nāśasya cânyato’bhāve bhaveddhiṁsāpyahetukā.
If we accept the ceasing or decaying of matter etc. without cause, as postulated by ( advocates of ) momentariness. In other words, if decaying is an innate or natural phenomenon, we have to accept it ( decay ) taking place without agent or cause.
tataścāsyāḥ sadā sattā kadācinnaiva vā bhavet. kādācitkam hi bhavanam kāraṇopanibandhanam.
In case, we accept the violence as taking place without agent or cause, the defect, underlying it, will be that sometimes its ( violence's ) existence will be perpetual or other times always non-existant. Because, violence taking place now or then will require agent or cause.
na ca santānabhedasya janako himsako bhavet. sāṁvịtatvānna janyatvam yasmādasyopapadyate. The creator of a flow ( santāna ) can not be the
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