Verse 1554

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

यदि नाम गृहीतं नो नाम्ना तेनैव तत्पुरा ।
गृहीतं तु स्वरूपेण यदस्यात्माभिधीयते ॥ १५५४ ॥

yadi nāma gṛhītaṃ no nāmnā tenaiva tatpurā |
gṛhītaṃ tu svarūpeṇa yadasyātmābhidhīyate || 1554 ||

Even if the similarity had not been previously apprehended under that name, it was apprehended all the same, in its own form, which is called its very self.—(1554)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

Even though the Similarity has not been previously apprehended under that name,—i.e. as ‘Similarity to the Gavaya’,—i.e. the animal Cow as similar to the Gavaya may not have been apprehended prior to the seeing of the Gavaya;—yet in its own form, it has been already apprehended; that is, that which forms its very self—its essence, nature,—has been previously apprehended.

Question—“What is that own form in which it has been apprehended?”

Answer:—‘Which is called its very self’;—i.e. that which is called the very self of the Cow,—in that form, which constitutes its nature,—it has been already apprehended.—(1554)

Question:—“What if it has been already apprehended?”

Answer:—[see verse 1555 next]