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NAYA-KARNIKA, Instances of the Practical standpoint. वनस्पतिं गृहाणेति प्रोक्ते गृह्णाति कोऽपि किम् ।
विना विशेषान्नानादास्तनिरर्थकमेव तत् ॥९॥ Vanaspati gribâạeti prokte grihņâti kopi kim,
Vinâ Visseşînnâmradiņstau nirarthakameva tat.-9.
[mmenfa vegetable; Tera take, bring; få that; ali on being asked,--told ; horfa brings; hisfa anyone; far what; fram without; Fagara specified ; at a mango tree, etc.; m; therefore; farctai vain, purposeless; ma simply; ma that (general quality)].
If one is askeri to bring vegetable,' can one do so? Withont the specification of particularity, e.g., mango, etc., such speech is vain. 9.
Explanation. This is to illustrate the principle that general qualities have no existence of their own. If they did, we should have manhood, stupidity, wisdom, etc., existing apart from living beingswhich is absurd.
Another Illustration. व्रणपिण्डीपादलेपादिके लोकप्रयोजने ।
उपयोगो विशेषैः स्यात्सामान्येन हि कहिचित् ॥१०॥ Vranapiņdipadalepådike lokaprayojane. Upayogo Vfseşaiḥ syât sâimâuye pa bi karhichit. -10 [RO & wound, sore, bruise or hurt ; fovergaats a kind of
