आधारस्याप्यसत्त्वाच्च तुल्यतानिर्निमित्ततः । स्थाने वा क्षणिकत्वस्य हानं स्यान्न तदिष्यते ॥
ādhārasyāpyasattvācca tulyatānirnimittataḥ | sthāne vā kṣaṇikatvasya hānaṃ syānna tadiṣyate ||
And since there is no substrate [for impressions] either, [they would be] equal [for all] and without a cause; or, if there were a stable [substrate], momentariness would be lost, which is not what [you] accept.
और क्योंकि [संस्कारों का] कोई आधार भी नहीं है, तो वे बिना कारण के सबके लिए समान होंगे; या यदि कोई स्थिर आधार माना जाए, तो क्षणिकता छूट जाएगी, जो [तुम्हें] स्वीकार नहीं।
Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ
A step in the debate: habits and memories need something that lasts to belong to.
विवाद का एक कदम: आदतों और स्मृतियों को टिकने के लिए कोई स्थायी आधार चाहिए।
Shankaracharya presses the argument against Buddhist momentariness: without a lasting substrate, impressions have nowhere to rest; with one, momentariness is given up.