Verse 188

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

तदत्र प्रथमे तावत्साधने सिद्धसाध्यता ।
सर्वज्ञादिप्रवेद्यत्वं त्वज्ज्ञानस्येष्यते यतः ॥ १८८ ॥

tadatra prathame tāvatsādhane siddhasādhyatā |
sarvajñādipravedyatvaṃ tvajjñānasyeṣyate yataḥ || 188 ||

As regards the first argument that has been put forward, it is open to the charge of ‘proving what is already admitted’ (futile); as the apprehensibility of your cognition by the omniscient person and others is already admitted (by us).—(188)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

The following Text proceeds to answer the above arguments (of the upholders of the Soul):—[see verse 188 above]

The first argument,—i.e. the one set forth in Text 177—“My cognitions are apprehended by a Cogniser, etc.”.—This is futile; inasmuch as we already admit the fact that your cognitions are apprehended by a Cogniser other than your body, etc.,—in the person of the Omniscient Being, as also by the Śrāvakas and Pratyekabuddhas and other thought-readers.—(188)