The Vision of Śiva· 5.45 / 110

The Vision of Śiva5.45

5.45
धूमात्तत्र गृहीतं किं सामान्यं नैव गृह्यते । अग्राह्यत्वात्तस्य तदा विशेषे दूरतैव ते ॥४५॥
dhūmāttatra gṛhītaṃ kiṃ sāmānyaṃ naiva gṛhyate | agrāhyatvāttasya tadā viśeṣe dūrataiva te
— from smoke ; — there ; — what is grasped? ; — the universal (smokiness) ; — is not grasped at all ; — because of (its) ungraspability ; — of it ; — then ; — in (the case of) the particular ; — (there is) only remoteness ; — for you

From smoke what is grasped there? The universal (smokiness as such) is not grasped at all, owing to its ungraspability; and then, in the case of the particular (fire), there is for you only remoteness (— no determinate inferential link).