Verse 262b

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

न बुद्धौ भ्रान्तिभावोऽपि युक्तो भेदवियोगतः ॥ २६२ ॥

na buddhau bhrāntibhāvo'pi yukto bhedaviyogataḥ || 262b ||

In the case of cognition, there cannot be even illusion; as there is absence of difference.—(262b)

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

It is not right that there should be Illusion in the case of Cognition. What is implied by the term ‘even’ is that it is not only ‘transformation into Reflection’ that is not right;—why?—as there is absence of difference; i.e. because there is no difference. In the case of the Rock-Crystal and otherngs, it is right that there should be Illusion, as it is possible for the illusory cognition to he different from those things; in the case of Cognition, however, there cannot be another Cognition in the form of an Illusion; as all Cognition is held (by the Mīmāṃsaka) to be one. Nor can it be said that the Cognition itself appears in the form of an Illusion; as Cognition has been held to be eternal (which Illusion can never be).—(262b)