Verse 1620

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

पीनो दिवा न भुङ्क्ते चेत्यस्मिन्नर्थे न निश्चयः ।
द्वेषमोहादिभिर्योगादन्यथाऽपि वदेत्पुमान् ॥ १६२० ॥

pīno divā na bhuṅkte cetyasminnarthe na niścayaḥ |
dveṣamohādibhiryogādanyathā'pi vadetpumān || 1620 ||

No certain cognition can result from the assertion that ‘the fat man eats not during the day’,—as the speaker might be asserting this through enmity or delusion and such other causes.—(1620)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

The Author next points out the objections against the example of the ‘Fat Devadatta not eating in the day’, as illustrating Presumption from what has been heard:—[see verse 1620 above]

What this shows is that there can be no Presumption based upon Verbal Cognition.—(1620)