yadi ca bhavato matena svaparātmānau prakāśayaty agniḥ, nanv idānīṃ tat pratipakṣabhūtaṃ tamo ’pi svaparātmānau chādayet |
na caitad dṛṣṭam | tatra yad uktaṃ svaparātmānau prakāśayaty agnir iti tad na |
此偈明何義 若汝說言 火自他照能……闇者 闇何以不自也皆覆
而實不見有如是事 若說彼火自他照者義不相應
gal te khyod kyi lugs kyis ni me ni raṅ daṅ gźan gyi bdag ñid gñis gsal bar byed pa yin na | ’on ni da gñen por gyur pa mun pa yaṅ raṅ daṅ gźan gyi bdag ñid gñis bsgrib par ’gyur bźig na |
de ni de ltar yaṅ ma yin pas de la me ni raṅ daṅ gźan gyis bdag ñid gñis gsal bar byed pa yin no źes smras pa gaṅ yin pa de ruṅ ba ma yin no ||
If in your opinion fire illuminates both other things and itself, then its opposite, darkness, too, would cover both other things and itself.
This, however, is not seen. In these circumstances, your statement that fire illuminates both other things and itself is not valid.
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