Piercing Hundred Lotus-Leaves | One at a time
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PIERCING HUNDRED LOTUS-LEAVES
utpala-shata-patra-vyatibhéda-vat
उत्पल-शत-पत्र-व्यतिभेदवत्
"Like the simultaneous piercing of a bundle of hundred lotus-leaves."
Lotus leaves are very soft. Softer than the already-soft stems of lotus. A bundle of hundred lotus leaves can be pierced with a sharp needle in no time, almost instantaneously, and yet the actual process is linear. An example, which is important from another aspect as well, in Shlokavārtika says, "You say the example of lamp and light as an instance of simultaneity of cause and effect, but still there is a finite little time, just like piercing hundred lotus leaves." This also means that even then it was understood that light has a finite speed, just as it was known that sunlight takes about 8 minutes to reach the Earth.
~ One at a time.
Language notes: उत्पल-शत-पत्र-व्यतिभेद-वत् = utpala_shata_patra_vyatibhédavat | utpala = lotus. shata = hundred. patra = leaf. vyatibhéda = (vi-ati-bhéda) simultaneous piercing
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