Verse 1575-1576

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

तेषां तद्गोचरोत्वेऽपि भवत्येवानुमैव वा ।
त्रिरूपलिङ्गजन्यत्वमस्य चैवं प्रतीयते ॥ १५७५ ॥
यो गवा सदृशोऽसौ हि गवयश्रुतिगोचरः ।
सङ्केतग्रहणावस्थो बुद्धिस्थो गवयो यथा ॥ १५७६ ॥

teṣāṃ tadgocarotve'pi bhavatyevānumaiva vā |
trirūpaliṅgajanyatvamasya caivaṃ pratīyate || 1575 ||
yo gavā sadṛśo'sau hi gavayaśrutigocaraḥ |
saṅketagrahaṇāvastho buddhistho gavayo yathā || 1576 ||

Even if they were envisaged by words and conceptual contents,—the resultant cognition would only be inference. that it proceeds from the ‘three-featured indicative’ is thus deduced—‘this animal, which is similar to the cow, is one to which the name gavaya is applicable,—just like the gavaya which was present in the mind at the time when the relevant convention became known’.—(1575-1576)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

We grant—for the sake of argument—that Words and Conceptual Contents envisage Specific Individualities. Even so, the Cognition in question becomes included under Inference; and Analogical Cognition cannot be a distinct form of Cognition.

Question:—“How can it be included under Inference when it is not brought about by the three-featured Indicative?”

Answer—‘That it proceeds, etc. etc.’:—‘Similarity to the Cow’ is the Probans; ‘being one to which the name Gavaya is applicable’ is the Probandum; and ‘the Gavaya present in the Mind, in the shape of the Reflected Conceptual Content, at the time that the Convention became known’ is the Corroborative Instance;—and the Gavaya perceived at the time is the Subject, the Minor Term.—(1575-1576)