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Āptamīmāmsā
For entities that are internally connected, the cause of destruction and origination is one and the same:
विरूपकार्यारम्भाय यदि हेतुसमागमः । आश्रयिभ्यामनन्योऽसावविशेषादयुक्तवत् ॥५३॥
सामान्यार्थ - (बौद्ध-मत के अनुसार जिसको विनाश का कारण कहा जाता है वह विनाश का कारण नहीं है अपितु उससे केवल विसदृश-कार्य की उत्पत्ति होती है -) यदि विसदृश पदार्थ की उत्पत्ति के लिए हेतु का समागम इष्ट किया जाता है तो वह नाश और उत्पाद दोनों का कारण होने से उनका आश्रयभूत है और इसलिए अपने आश्रयी नाश और उत्पाद दोनों कार्यों से अभिन्न होगा।
If a cause is required to bring into existence a dissimilar effect (that is, an effect that is different from the preceding moment) then that cause should be responsible for both – bringing into existence of a new effect and destruction of the effect that existed at the preceding moment. Therefore, for entities that are internally connected, the cause of both effects, destruction and origination, is one and the same.
The stroke of a hammer which is the cause of destruction of a jar is also the cause of origination of potsherd; the cause of two effects is the same. Wherever there is concomitance between effects, the cause must be the same; like mango-ness and treeness are concomitant and coexist.
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