Verse 1569

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

आगमाद्धि स सम्बन्धं वेत्ति सामान्यगोचरम् ।
विशिष्टविषयं तं तु विजानात्युपमाश्रयात् ॥ १५६९ ॥

āgamāddhi sa sambandhaṃ vetti sāmānyagocaram |
viśiṣṭaviṣayaṃ taṃ tu vijānātyupamāśrayāt || 1569 ||

“Through verbal assertion, the man cognises the relation in a general way; and through analogy he cognises it as pertaining to a particular object.”—(1569)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

‘Particular object’—i.e. the Gavaya.

The answer to the above is provided by the following—[see verse 1570 next]