Verse 1550

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

विज्ञातार्थप्रकाशत्वान्न प्रमाणमियं ततः ।
प्रमाणान्तरभावस्तु कुत एव भविष्यति ॥ १५५० ॥

vijñātārthaprakāśatvānna pramāṇamiyaṃ tataḥ |
pramāṇāntarabhāvastu kuta eva bhaviṣyati || 1550 ||

Remembrance cannot be a form of valid cognition, because it envisages what is already known. How then could it be regarded as a distinct form of valid cognition?—(1550)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

The following might be urged—“Analogical Cognition may be of the nature of Remembrance; but why should Remembrance itself not be regarded as a valid form of Cognition?”

Answer:—[see verse 1550 above]

‘Iyam’—stands for Remembrance.—(1550)