Verse 1582-1583

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

सितातपत्रापिहितब्रघ्नपादो नराधिपः ।
तेषां मध्य इति प्रोक्त उपदेशविशेषतः ॥ १५८२ ॥
कालान्तरेण तद्दृष्टौ तन्नामास्येति या मतिः ।
सा तदाऽन्याप्रमा प्राप्ता साधर्म्याद्यनपेक्षणात् ॥ १५८३ ॥

sitātapatrāpihitabraghnapādo narādhipaḥ |
teṣāṃ madhya iti prokta upadeśaviśeṣataḥ || 1582 ||
kālāntareṇa taddṛṣṭau tannāmāsyeti yā matiḥ |
sā tadā'nyāpramā prāptā sādharmyādyanapekṣaṇāt || 1583 ||

‘That person is the king who is protected from the rays of the sun by the white umbrella’,—having been told thus, the man, later on, sees such a person,—and through the said advice, comes to have the notion that ‘this is the person bearing the name king’.—Now this would have to be regarded as a distinct form of valid cognition, as it has not been brought about by similarity or any such conditions (as bring about other forms of cognition).—(1582-1583)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

An example is cited of the manner in which notions of Names are brought about by endless means:—[see verses 1581 above]

Someone says to another man—‘Brother, please go for this business, and see the King passing along with many persons riding elephants and horses’,—The other man says—‘Which one among them is the King?’ The first man replies—‘Among them, that person is the King who is protected from the Sun’s rays by the white Umbrella’.—Bearing this instruction in his mind, the man goes forward, and when he sees such a person as described to him, there appears in his mind the idea that ‘this is the person named King’.—Now, according to you (Naiyāyika)—this also would have to be regarded as a distinct form of valid Cognition—why?—Because it has not been brought about by similarity or any such conditions. This shows that the said notion is not included under the six well-known forms of Valid Cognition.—(1582-1583)