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PAÑCALINGIPRAKARANAM : 167
Jai puggala na hujjā āgāro
kim na hoi savvattha | Suvino vi aṇuhavijjai
diņovaladdho phudam attha || 85 ||
Yadi pudgalā na bhaveyurākaraḥ
kim na bhavati sarvatra Svapne’pi anubhūyate
dinopalabdhaḥ sphutami arthaḥ ||85||
If the Pudgala were not there,
how could we shape of things gain? || Objects seen during the day,
appear clearly in the dreams again || 85 ||
85. To prove the existence of the material and tangible substance - Pudgala, the author says, “if the opponent maintains that Pudgala should not be there, we must ask him that without the tangible matter, how can the things take their shapes? And it is obvious that the things have their specific shapes and the objects seen during the day cast such impressions on our minds that we can clearly feel their shapes in our dreams as well.”
