The Tattvasangraha [with commentary]

by Ganganatha Jha | 1937 | 699,812 words | ISBN-10: 8120800583 | ISBN-13: 9788120800588

This page contains verse 1220 of the 8th-century Tattvasangraha (English translation) by Shantarakshita, including the commentary (Panjika) by Kamalashila: dealing with Indian philosophy from a Buddhist and non-Buddhist perspective. The Tattvasangraha (Tattvasamgraha) consists of 3646 Sanskrit verses; this is verse 1220.

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

जात्यादीनामदृष्टत्वात्तद्योगाप्रतिभासनात् ।
क्षीरोदकादिवच्चार्थे घटना घटते कथम् ॥ १२२० ॥

jātyādīnāmadṛṣṭatvāttadyogāpratibhāsanāt |
kṣīrodakādivaccārthe ghaṭanā ghaṭate katham || 1220 ||

The universal and the rest being never perceived,—and their connection being never manifested,—how can their association with things be possible,—as between milk and water, etc.?—(1220)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

The said ‘non-perception’ of the Universal, etc. is further emphasised in the following—[see verse 1220 above]

Like Milk and Water, etc.’—When Milk and Water are mixed up, they do not appear separately,—and hence it is no longer possible to connect the two; in the same manner, even if the Universal and the rest do exist, they never appear as distinguished from their substratum; and hence it is not possible to connect them with their substratum.—(1220)

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