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TATTVASANGRARA : ONLAPTER IX.
TEXTS (505-506).
IN THE ABSENCE OF CONTINUITY, THE RELATION OF CAUSE AND EFFECT WOULD BE OF THE PARTICULAR KIND JUST POINTED OUT,-THIS ALONE IS POSSIBLE AMONG THINGS APPEARING UNDER DIFFERENT CHAINS' -IN THE CASE OF THE SEED SPROUT AND SUCH THINGS, THE RELATION OF CAUSE AND EFFECT IS FOUND TO BE DEFINITELY CERTAIN, AND YET THERE IS NOT THE SLIGHTEST TRACE OF CON
TINUITY.-(505-506)
COMMENTARY.
anugama', continuity, i.e. of any
The term anvaya' stands for particular character.-(505-506)
The following might be urged by the Opponent :-" Continuity is cer. tainly present in the case of the Seed and such things; as has been declared by Uddyotakara :-What happens in the case of the Seed and Sprout is that the components of the Seed relinquish their previous formation and become arranged in a different formation, when they have taken this formation, the Earth-element in it becoming mingled with the water element, and heated by the l'ire-element, produces a substance in the shape of the Sap; and this Sap, along with the previous components assumes the form of the Sprout. Such being the case, how can it be true that there is not the slightest Irace of continuity ?"
The answer to this is provided in the following
TEXTS (507-508).
IF THE ELEMENTS OF EARTH AND THE REST IN THE SEED-SPROUTCREEPER AND SO FORTE ARE NOT DIFFERENT,—THEN THERE CAN DE NO DIFFERENCE AMONG THEM; AS, IN THAT CASE, ALL OF THEM WOULD BE OF THE SAME NATURE. HENCE IT MUST BS ADMITTED THAT THERE IS NO CONTINUITY
IN THIS CASE.
