Verse 1534

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

तस्यामेव व्यवस्थायां यद्विज्ञानं प्रवर्त्तते ।
पशुनैतेन तुल्योऽसौ गोपिण्ड इति सोपमा ॥ १५३४ ॥

tasyāmeva vyavasthāyāṃ yadvijñānaṃ pravarttate |
paśunaitena tulyo'sau gopiṇḍa iti sopamā || 1534 ||

“Under the said circumstances, the cognition that appears in the form, ‘the cow is similar to this animal’, is what is called analogical cognition.”—(1534)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

The following Text shows the real form of Analogical Cognition (according to Śabara)—[see verse 1534 above]

‘The Cow is similar to this animal that is now seen by me’,—this cognition appears in regard, to the Cow which is not before the observer (not within reach of his senses);—and this cognition is what is called ‘Analogical Cognition’, which thus is a Means or Form of Cognition.

The following Text shows the object that is apprehended by the said Analogical Cognition:—[see verse 1535 next]