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Text and Translation
[atitena with the past; anagatena with the future; paraskiyena with non-natural; vastuna with a thing; na not; kāryasiddhiḥ the serving of purpose; iti because; etad this; asad wrong, false; gagana-padmavat like a sky-lotus ].
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Neither the past, nor the future, nor the nonnatural qualities serve any purpose. They are false; (they are like) a sky-lotus (non-entity). 12.
EXPLANATION:-The argument underlying the rjusutra view point is that of immediate utility which naturally must be grounded upon the present aspect of a thing. For instance, it is of no use to a beggar in his present life if his son of a previous birth, or the wouldbe daughter-in-law of a future incarnation, i.e., rebirth, happens to be a ruling prince. In the same way, qualities not belonging to a thing would stand it in no good stead in the immediate concerns of life.
MODES OF RECOGNIZING THINGS (NIKṢEPAS), AND THEIR BEARING ON THE ṚJUSŪTRA, AND THE SUCCEEDING NAYAS:
नामादिचतुर्व्वेषु भावमेव च मन्यते ।
न नामस्थापनाद्रव्याण्येवमग्रेतना अपि ॥ १३ ॥ nāmādi-caturṣveṣu bhāvam eva ca manyate I
na nama-sthāpanā-dravyāṇy evam agretana api 11 13 [nāma the name; ādi and other; catursveṣu among the four (nikṣepas-modes of recognizing things); bhāvam the nature-real natural state; eva only truly; ca and; manyate considers; na not; nāma the name; sthāpanā an image, form, dravyāṇi and the causes which bring a thing about; evam in the same way; agretanāḥ the succeeding (nayas); api also ].
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