The Tattvasangraha [with commentary]

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

This page contains verse 1309 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 1309.

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

वस्तुतस्तु निरालम्बो विकल्पः संप्रवर्त्तते ।
तस्यास्ति विषयो नैव यो विभिद्येत कश्चन ॥ १३०९ ॥

vastutastu nirālambo vikalpaḥ saṃpravarttate |
tasyāsti viṣayo naiva yo vibhidyeta kaścana || 1309 ||

In reality, the conceptual content proceeds without any objective basis; it has no object at all, which could differ from anything else.—(1309)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

In reality however the Conceptual Content is not objective, it is without an object; hence the Reason cited is all the more inadmissible. This is shown in the following—[see verse 1309 above]

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