Verse 587

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

सर्वेषामेव वस्तूनां सर्वव्यावृत्तिरूपिणाम् ।
दृष्टावपि तथैवेति न सर्वाकारनिश्चयः ॥ ५८७ ॥

sarveṣāmeva vastūnāṃ sarvavyāvṛttirūpiṇām |
dṛṣṭāvapi tathaiveti na sarvākāraniścayaḥ || 587 ||

As a matter of fact, in the matter of the perception of all things,—which exist only in the form of mutual exclusion (negation),—there is the same uncertainty in regard to all their characters and forms.—(587)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

Under the view of the other Philosophers also, whenever anything is apprehended by Perception, there is no certainty in regard to all the forms and characters of that thing; what happens is that it is regarded as perceived to that extent which serves to differentiate it from other things,—and not all its forms and characters. Because even if other factors were perceived, there would be no certainty regarding them, and these would be of no practical use, and as such, would be as good as not-perceived.

‘The same uncertainty’;—i.e. as in the case of the apprehended thing.—(587)