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Verse 23
The seven-nuance system (saptabhangi) should also be applied in case of other duals like one and many:
एकानेकविकल्पादावुत्तरत्रापि योजयेत् ।
प्रक्रियां भङ्गिनीमेनां नयैर्नयविशारदः ॥२३॥ सामान्यार्थ - जो नय-निपुण (नय-विशारद) हैं उनको इस सात भंग वाली प्रक्रिया को आगे भी एक-अनेक आदि धर्म-युगलों में नय के अनुसार योजना करना चाहिए।
Those proficient in the scheme of the naya (viewing an object from a particular point of view) should apply the seven-nuancesystem (saptabhangī) to other dual attributes like one (eka) and many (aneka).
Objects of knowledge exhibit the quality of one (eka) as well as the quality of many (aneka). Oneness (ekatva), being a qualifying attribute (višeşaņa) of an entity (dharmi), has invariable togetherness (avinābhāva) with manyness (anekatva). Manyness (anekatva), being a qualifying attribute (višeşaņa) of the entity (dharmī), has invariable togetherness (avinābhāva) with oneness (ekatva). An object can exhibit, in a way, the dual character of oneness (ekatva) as well as manyness (anekatva) when asserted successively in regard to the elements of the quaternion; the same character (oneness as well as manyness), when asserted simultaneously, leads to a proposition that is indescribable (avaktavya) due to the limitation of our expression. The remaining three forms of assertion [oneness (ekatva) and indescribable; manyness (anekatva) and indescribable; and oneness (ekatva), manyness (anekatua), and indescribable)] arise from their own causes
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