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श्रीमदमृतचन्द्रविरचितः
astiti dhvanir anivāritaḥ praśamya
anyat kuryād vidhimayam eva naiva viśvam/ svasyärtham paragamanān nivartta yantam
tan nūnam sprśati nişedham eva sākṣāt ||14|| The expression "it exists” (asti], (even if applied) without restraint, can never render the universe (a thing which is) possessed only of positive aspects; in spite of suppressing the negative aspects, (it still cannot do this), for that expression, while it does “turn its object away from going into others”, (i. e. while it does assert the positive, distinct identity of the object seen from the point of view of itself, nevertheless) undoubtedly touches the negative aspect. (i.e. The very assumption of a positive, distinct nature suggests standing in opposition to, and thus being qualified by, the negation of that very nature when seen from the point of view of others.) (14) [414
नास्तीति ध्वनितमनकुशप्रचाराद्यच्छन्य झगिति करोति नैव विश्वम् । तन्नूनं नियमपदे तदात्मभूमावस्तीति ध्वनितमपेक्षते स्वयं तत् ॥१५॥ nästīti dhvanitam anaikuśupracārād
yac chūnyam jhagiti karoti naiva viśvam / tan nūnam niyamapade tadātmabhūmāv
astiti dhvanitam apeksate svayam tat //15//
The expression "it does not exist” (năsti), (even if applied) without restraint, does not suddenly render the universe devoid of positive qualities. This is because (of the fact that), at the same time that this (universe is asserted to be non-existent from the point of view of others), it invariably stands in relation (to the expression “asti" because) it exists in its own positive aspects, (namely substance, space, time and modes). (15) [415]
सापेक्षो यदि न विधीयते विधिस्तत्स्वस्यार्थ ननु विधिरेव नाभिधत्ते । विध्यर्थः स खलु परान्निषिद्धमर्थ यत् स्वस्मिन्नियतमसौ स्वयं ब्रवीति ॥१६॥ sāpek şo yadi na vidhîyate vidhis tat
svasyārtham nanu vidhir eva näbhidhatte / vidhyarthah sa khalu parān nişiddham artham
yat svasmin niyatam asau svayam braviti ||16|| If the positive aspect is stated without bing qualified by the negative aspect, then surely that positive aspect, (standing) alone, will not express even its own object. For the positive aspect by itself proclaims the object as established in its own (substance, space, time, and modes, but this assertion is meaningless unless) it simultaneously implies exclusion of that (object from the substance, space, time, and modes of others). (16) [416]
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