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Section 5 पञ्चम परिच्छेद
The entity (dharmi) and its attribute (dharma) are neither absolutely dependent (āpekṣika) nor absolutely independent (anāpeksika):
यद्यापेक्षिकसिद्धिः स्यान्न द्वयं व्यवतिष्ठते । अनापेक्षिकसिद्धौ च न सामान्यविशेषता ॥७३॥
सामान्यार्थ - यदि पदार्थों (धर्म व धर्मी आदि ) की सिद्धि आपेक्षिक ( सर्वथा एक-दूसरे की अपेक्षा रखने वाली) होती है, तो आपेक्ष्य और आपेक्षिक दोनों में से किसी की सिद्धि नहीं हो सकती है। और सिद्धि को सर्वथा अनापेक्षिक (एक-दूसरे की अपेक्षा न रखने वाली) मानने पर उनमें सामान्य - विशेष भाव नहीं बन सकता है।
The existence of the entity (dharmi) and its attribute (dharma) cannot be established if these are considered absolutely dependent (apekṣika) on each other as neither can then hold its identity. (In case two objects are absolutely dependent on each other, both are bound to lose their individual identity.) If these, the entity and its attribute, be considered absolutely independent (anapekṣika) of each other, then the general (sāmānya) and the particular (viśesa) attributes cannot be established. [Only an entity which has general (sāmānya dravya) and particular (viśesa – paryāya) attributes can be the subject of knowledge. Dravya without its modification and modification without its dravya cannot be the subject of valid
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