क्षणवाच्योऽपि योऽर्थः स्यात्सोऽप्यन्याभाव एव ते । भेदाभावेऽप्यभावस्य भेदो नामभिरिष्यते ॥
kṣaṇavācyo'pi yo'rthaḥ syātso'pyanyābhāva eva te | bhedābhāve'pyabhāvasya bhedo nāmabhiriṣyate ||
Even the thing that would be meant by the word 'moment' is, for you, only the exclusion of something else. And though absence has no difference [in itself], you accept differences [in it] through names.
'क्षण' शब्द से जो अर्थ कहा जाए, वह भी तुम्हारे लिए किसी अन्य का अभाव ही है। अभाव में भेद न होने पर भी तुम नामों द्वारा उसमें भेद मानते हो।
Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ
Technical polemic: if every word means only 'not something else', the Buddhist cannot account for real differences between things.
तकनीकी खण्डन: यदि हर शब्द का अर्थ केवल 'कोई और नहीं' है, तो बौद्ध वस्तुओं के वास्तविक भेद को नहीं समझा सकता।
Shankaracharya points out a consequence of the apoha theory: even 'moment' would only mean the exclusion of something else, and though absence has no inner differences, the Buddhist distinguishes absences by names.