Sarvadarshanasangraha 16.77

16.77

atra pratividhīyate: na tāvad siddhe vyutpattyasiddhiḥ/ prāg unnītayā nītyā putras te jāta iti vākyāt siddhaparād api vyutpattisiddheḥ/ na ca pariśeṣāvadhāraṇānupapattiḥ/ priyāsukhaprasavāder api saṃbhavād iti bhaṇitavyam/ putrapadāṅkitapaṭapradarśanavat priyāsukhaprasavādisūcakābhāvāt/ putrajanmaiva tatsūcakam iti cen na

To this, the reply is made: First of all, the apprehension of linguistic relation with respect to an established entity is not unestablished; because, according to the principle deduced earlier, the apprehension of linguistic relation is indeed established even from a sentence directed toward an established entity, such as “A son is born to you.” Nor should it be said that ascertainment by elimination is impossible because the safe delivery of a beloved wife and the like are also possible; for there is no indicator of the safe delivery of a beloved wife and the like, unlike the showing of a cloth marked with the word “son.” If you say that the birth of a son is itself that indicator, no: