Verse 1331

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

अवेदकाः परस्यापि स्वविद्भाजः कथं नु ते ।
एकार्थाश्रितविज्ञानवेद्यास्त्वेते भवन्ति चेत् ॥ १३३१ ॥

avedakāḥ parasyāpi svavidbhājaḥ kathaṃ nu te |
ekārthāśritavijñānavedyāstvete bhavanti cet || 1331 ||

“They (pleasure, etc.) are non-apprehensive of another thing; how then can they carry their own cognisance with them? In fact, they become cognisable only by the cognition which subsists in the same substratum as themselves”.—If this is urged—[then the answer is as in the following texts].—(1331)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

The following Text sets forth the Vaiśeṣika view (regarding the exact nature of the sensations of Pleasure, etc.):—[see verses 1331 above]

“It is not only that they are not self-cognised; they are not apprehensive of any external thing either; that is, they are of the nature of Cognition, In fact Pleasure, etc, become cognised only by that Cognition which subsists in the same substratum as themselves—i.e. the Soul”.

Such is the doctrine of the Vaiśeṣikas.—(1331)

The above view is answered in the following—[see verses 1332-1339 next]