Verse 566

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:

शुक्लादयस्तथा वेद्या इत्येवं चापि संभवेत् ।
तस्माद्भ्रान्तमिदं ज्ञानं कम्बुपीतादिबुद्धिवत् ॥ ५६६ ॥

śuklādayastathā vedyā ityevaṃ cāpi saṃbhavet |
tasmādbhrāntamidaṃ jñānaṃ kambupītādibuddhivat || 566 ||

It might be possible too in that case, that it is the white colour (of the rock-crystal) itself that is actually cognised; but such a cognition would be clearly wrong,—like the cognition of the conch being yellow.—(566)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

Even granting that a Cognition may have for its object something which has a form different from that of the Cognition itself,—even so, what the other party desire cannot be accomplished.—This is what is shown in the following:—[see verse 566 above]

That is, (under the view of the other party) it might be possible that in the case cited, what actually exists apart from the White Substance (Rock-crystal) is the White Colour, which is cognised as ‘red—But even so, that does not prove the existence of the Substance with the Quality.—The ‘ca’ should be construed as after ‘śuklādayaḥ’.

‘The Cognition would he wrong’,—i.e. not in strict accordance with the real state of things.—(566)