Verse 23

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

सर्वं च साधनं वृत्तं विपर्यासनिवर्तकं ।
निश्चयोत्पादकं चेदं न तथा युक्तिसङ्गतम् ॥ २३ ॥

sarvaṃ ca sādhanaṃ vṛttaṃ viparyāsanivartakaṃ |
niścayotpādakaṃ cedaṃ na tathā yuktisaṅgatam || 23 ||

All Means (of Cognition), when operative, serve to set aside Wrong Cognition and to produce Definitely Certain Cognition; this would not be compatible with reason (under the Sāṃkhya theory).—(23)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

With the following text the Author proceeds to criticise the theory of the Effect being existent, from another point of view—[see verse 23 above]

‘Operative’—active.—‘Wrong Cognition’ includes also Doubtful Cognition, as it partakes of both the contraries (affirmation and denial), and hence is as much an ‘imposition’ (as Wrong Cognition).—As a matter of fact, every Means (of Cognition), when operating on its objective, does two things: it sets aside Misconception and Doubt relating to the object of Cognition, and produces a definitely Certain Cognition relating to it. This fact cannot be compatible with reason, under the Sāṃkhya theory of the ‘Existent Effect’.—(23)