Verse 1165

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

स त्वसंवादकस्तादृग्वस्तुसम्बन्धहानितः ।
न शाब्दाः प्रत्ययाः सर्वे भूतार्थाध्यवसायिनः ॥ ११६५ ॥

sa tvasaṃvādakastādṛgvastusambandhahānitaḥ |
na śābdāḥ pratyayāḥ sarve bhūtārthādhyavasāyinaḥ || 1165 ||

Words like this, however, are unconformable, as there is absence of connection. All verbal cognitions do not always envisage things as they actually exist.—(1165)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

Objection:—“If it is held that there appears the idea of the negation of what is denoted by the word ‘Apoha’,—then Apoha only should not be regarded as the denotation of the word; as that is negatived by it.”

Answer:—[see verse 1165 above]

‘Words like this’—i.e. Like ‘ananyāpoha

‘Unconformable’,—i.e. not in conformity with any real state ofngs.

Question:—“Why so?”

Answer:—‘As there is absence of connection’;—i.e, there is no connection with any such thing as is expressed by the word; because any positive entity in the shape of the Universal, etc. as denoted by words has already been rejected.

Question:—“If that is so, then how is it that the word ‘Ananyāpoha’ brings about the idea of the ‘negation of what is denoted by the word ‘Apoha’ (as just declared by you)?”

Answer:—‘All verbal cognitions, etc. etc.’.—That is, there are some verbal cognitions, as arising out of impressions due to repeated false conceptions, which envisage things that do not exist; and either the existence or non-existence of things cannot be proved on the basis of such cognitions.—(1165)