Verse 211

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

एवं च साधनैः सर्वैरात्मसत्वाप्रसिद्धितः ।
नित्य(व्यापित्वयो)रुक्तं साध्यहीनं निदर्शनम् ॥ २११ ॥

evaṃ ca sādhanaiḥ sarvairātmasatvāprasiddhitaḥ |
nitya(vyāpitvayo)ruktaṃ sādhyahīnaṃ nidarśanam || 211 ||

Thus the existence of the ‘soul’ not being proved by any of the proofs (put forward), the instances that have been cited of ‘eternality’ and ‘omnipresence’ become ‘devoid of the probandum’.—(211)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

It has been argued (in Text 185) that “all subsequent cognitions are apprehended by that same Cogniser who apprehended the first Cognition immediately on birth, etc. etc.”.—This is answered in the following:—[see verse 211 above]

The Opponent has cited the instances of ‘the first cognition’ and ‘my body’; all these instances are ‘devoid of the Probandum’,—as the existence of the ‘Soul’ has not been proved.—Consequently the Probans is clearly ‘inconclusive—(211)