Verse 1171

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

चक्षुर्ज्ञानादिविज्ञेयं रूपादीति यदुच्यते ।
तेनारोपितमेतद्धि केनचित्प्रतिषिध्यते ॥ ११७१ ॥

cakṣurjñānādivijñeyaṃ rūpādīti yaducyate |
tenāropitametaddhi kenacitpratiṣidhyate || 1171 ||

When it is asserted that ‘colour is cognisable by visual perception’—this certainly serves to ‘exclude’ (deny) something supposed by some person.—(1171)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

Question:—“What, and in what sentence, is that which is open to doubt in the mind of the dull-witted person,—which is ‘excluded’ by the word in question?”

Answer:—[see verse 1171 above]

‘This’—i.e. the sentence ‘Colour is cognisable by Visual Perception—(1171)

Question:—“What is it that is supposed?”

Answer:—[see verse 1172 next]