The Vision of Śiva· 6.99 / 126

The Vision of Śiva6.99

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व्याप्यः स देश एकेन व्याप्यतेऽप्यपरैः कथम् । परस्परेण व्याप्यत्वाद्व्याप्यव्यापकता भवेत् ॥९९॥
vyāpyaḥ sa deśa ekena vyāpyate'pyaparaiḥ katham | paraspareṇa vyāpyatvādvyāpyavyāpakatā bhavet
— pervadable ; — that place ; — by one ; — is pervaded ; — also ; — by others ; — how? ; — mutually ; — because of pervadability ; — the relation of pervaded and pervader ; — would result

That place, being pervadable, is pervaded by one — how (then is it pervaded) also by others? (For if it were,) by reason of (their) mutual pervadability, a relation of pervaded-and-pervader (among the atoms themselves) would result (— an absurdity for the realist).