Verse 276

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

केचिदेव हि संस्कारास्तद्रूपाध्यवसायिनि ।
अवेत्यं (आधिपत्यं?) प्रपद्यन्ते तन्न सर्वत्र वर्त्तते ॥ २७६ ॥

kecideva hi saṃskārāstadrūpādhyavasāyini |
avetyaṃ (ādhipatyaṃ?) prapadyante tanna sarvatra varttate || 276 ||

It is only some (not all) impressions that secure the requisite potency for bringing about the said notion apprehending that particular form; hence it does not appear everywhere.—(276)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

Question.—“Why does not the ‘I-notion’ come about everywhere?” The Answer is supplied in the following:—[see verse 276 above]

‘The said notion, etc.’,—i.e. the ‘I-notion, apprehending the form of the Cogniser, as existing through the preceding and succeeding points of time’,—‘Not everywhere’,—i.e. in other ‘chains’, like those of the Jar and other things.—(276)