Verse 1268

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

ग्राह्यान्तरव्यवच्छिन्नं भावेन ग्राहि चेन्मतम् ।
सविकल्पकविज्ञानं भवेद्वृक्षादिबोधवत् ॥ १२६८ ॥

grāhyāntaravyavacchinnaṃ bhāvena grāhi cenmatam |
savikalpakavijñānaṃ bhavedvṛkṣādibodhavat || 1268 ||

“If perception is regarded as apprehending the thing as distinguished from other apprehensible things,—then this cognition would be conceptual (determinate), just like the cognition of the tree and other things.”—(1268)

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

“If Sense-perception is intended to be apprehensive of the Thing as characterised (distinguished) by a character not found anywhere else,—then it becomes Conceptual; because it apprehends the thing as characterised or qualified by some character; just like the Perception in the form ‘This is a tree’.”—(1268)