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**Dimadrushti:** "Opportunity considers debate, tradition."
**(431)** **yatnena anumito'pyarthaḥ kuśalaig numaatribhiḥ | abhiyuktatarai ranyai ranyathaivopapadhyate || 145 ||
Even though an अर्थ (meaning) is inferred through effort by skillful अनुमातृ (inferers), it is proven otherwise by others who are more skillful. 145
**Meaning:** Even when a meaning is inferred with effort by skilled inferers, it can be proven differently by others who are even more skillful.
**Commentary:** What has the wise Bhartṛhari said? He says, "Even the meaning inferred with effort by skillful inferers can be proven differently by others who are more skillful."
Skilled logicians, proficient in the methods of Anvaya-Vyatireka, etc., examine the truth according to Anvaya-Vyatireka, etc. Anvaya means a positive statement that something is so; Vyatireka means a negative statement that something is not so. (1) Some skillful logicians, through effort and reasoning, establish a certain meaning and say, "Look! This meaning arises in this way for this reason. This is its affirmation. This meaning does not arise in any other way." This is its negation. (2) Then, other more powerful logicians, relying on the same Anvaya-Vyatireka, etc., prove the same meaning differently and say, "Look! This meaning does not arise in the way you have said. This is its negation. And it arises in the way we say. This is its affirmation." Thus, one logician establishes a meaning, and another refutes it! The same meaning is proven differently by skillful logicians with their sharp intellect!
**Vṛtti:** - The meaning inferred through effort according to Anvaya, etc., is also proven differently by skillful inferers who know Anvaya, etc., by others who are more skillful and know Anvaya, etc. It is proven differently through methods like Athathasiddhi, etc.