Verse 1340

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

सुखादीत्येव गम्यन्ते सुखदुःखादयो न तु ।
ज्ञानमित्येव गम्यन्ते तन्न ज्ञानं घटादिवत् ॥ १३४० ॥

sukhādītyeva gamyante sukhaduḥkhādayo na tu |
jñānamityeva gamyante tanna jñānaṃ ghaṭādivat || 1340 ||

[Says Śaṅkarasvāmin]—“Pleasure, etc. are apprehended only as ‘pleasure, etc.’; they are not apprehended as ‘cognition’; consequently like the jar, etc., they cannot be cognition”.—(1340)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

Śaṅkarasvāmin says:—“Pleasure, etc. cannot he of the nature of Cognition, because they are never spoken of as ‘Cognition’;—just like the Jar, etc.”.—(1340)

The objection to this view is as follows:—[see verse 1341 next]