athāpi manyase ’prāpto ’py agnir andhakāram upahantīti nanv idānīm iha saṃsthito ’gniḥ sarvalokadhātustham upahaniṣyati tamas tulyam ayam aprāptaḥ |
na caitad evaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ | tasmād aprāpyaivāgnir andhakāram upahantīti yad iṣṭaṃ tad na |
此偈明何義 若汝意謂 火不到闇能破闇者 火此處住則應能破一切世間所有處闇 何以故 俱不到故
而實不見有如是事 若俱下到 云何唯能破此處闇 不破世間一切處闇 若汝意謂 火不到闇而能破闇義不相應
’on te me ni mun pa daṅ phrad par yaṅ sel bar byed do sñam du sems na | ’on ni de ma phrad par ’dra bas ’di na gnas pa’i mes ’jig rten gyi khams thams cad na gnas pa’i mun pa sel bar ’gyur ba źig na |
de ni de ltar yaṅ ma yin pas de’i phyir me ni mun pa daṅ ma phrad par sel bar byed par ’dod pa gaṅ yin pa de mi ruṅ ṅo ||
Or, if you think that fire destroys darkness even without coming in contact with it, then this fire, standing here at this moment, will equally destroy the darkness existing in all the worlds, without coming in contact with it.
This, however, is not seen to be the case. Thus, your opinion that fire destroys darkness even without coming in contact with it is not valid.
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