Verse 3.14.375-376

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.14.375-376:

मितस्तु स्वेन मानेन प्रसिद्धो यो गुणाश्रयः ।
ऐश्रयान्तरमानाय स्वधर्मेण प्रवर्तते ॥ ३७५ ॥
रूपान्तरेण संस्पर्शो रूपान्तरवतां सताम् ।
भिन्नेन यस्य भेद्यानामुपमानं तदुच्यते ॥ ३७६ ॥

mitastu svena mānena prasiddho yo guṇāśrayaḥ |
aiśrayāntaramānāya svadharmeṇa pravartate || 375 ||
rūpāntareṇa saṃsparśo rūpāntaravatāṃ satām |
bhinnena yasya bhedyānāmupamānaṃ taducyate || 376 ||

375. A well-known substratum of some attribute (that is, universal etc.) measured by its own measure, proceeds (is used) to measure some other substratum through its own attribute.

376. That which, with its attribute, proceeds to measure other objects having different attributes, is called the upamāna, the standard of comparison.

Commentary

[A substratum, that is, an object which has already been measured by its own measure, that is, by the universal, quality or action, is used to measure some other object through its own measure, even though that object has other attributes. Then it is called an upamāna—‘a standard of comparison.’ The fact of one thing being used, to measure another is what is meant by the word saṃsparśa in the stanza 376. Helārāja explains the word as sambandha= relation, that is, the relation of upamāna and upameya. Darkness, which exists in both śastrī and Devadattā, is the basis of the relation of upamāna and upameya in the expression: śastrīśyāmā (Devadattā).]