Verse 565

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

तद्रूपव्यतिरिक्तश्च नापरात्मोपलभ्यते ।
नचान्याकारधीवेद्या युक्तास्तेऽतिप्रसङ्गतः ॥ ५६५ ॥

tadrūpavyatiriktaśca nāparātmopalabhyate |
nacānyākāradhīvedyā yuktāste'tiprasaṅgataḥ || 565 ||

Apart prom the colour, nothing else is perceived op the nature op something different; and it cannot be right,—even for you—that things should be apprehended by the cognition op something different; as that would lead to an absurdity.—(565)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

The Opponent might argue that—“the Rock-crystal itself is perceived, apart from the Colour”.—This is answered in the following:—[see verse 565 above]

As a matter of fact, apart from the Red Colour, nothing else of the nature of something different,—i.e. in the shape of the ‘Rock-crystal’—is perceived; as all that is actually perceived is the Red Colour.—If it be urged that “what is perceived as Red-coloured is the Rock-crystal itself which is not really red”,—then our answer is that ‘it cannot be right, etc. etc.’;—i.e. when a Cognition is regarded as appertaining to a particular thing, it is on the basis of the form cognised; if then, the object of the Cognition had a form other than that of the Cognition,—then Sound and other things might be the object of the Cognition of Colour,—there being no difference between the two cases.—(565)