Verse 456

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

को हि ज्येष्ठप्रमाणेन दृढेनार्थेऽवधारिते ।
दुर्बलैरितरैः पश्चादध्यवस्येद्विपर्ययम् ॥ ४५६ ॥

ko hi jyeṣṭhapramāṇena dṛḍhenārthe'vadhārite |
durbalairitaraiḥ paścādadhyavasyedviparyayam || 456 ||

“When a thing has been duly apprehended through the firmly established highest means of cognition,—how could one ever have a cognition to the contrary, on the strength of the other weaker means of cognition?”—(456)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

It is only right that what has been ascertained through Inference should be concluded to be otherwise, on the strength of Sense-perception; because this latter is the highest among the Means of Cognition; but Inference and the rest can never alter the nature of ang as cognised through Sense -perception; as they are weaker.

‘Firmly established’,—i.e. free from Doubt and Mistake.

‘To the contrary’,—i.e. otherwise than that cognised through Sense-perception.—(456)