Verse 1847

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

द्वयं प्रतीत्यविज्ञानं यदुक्तं तत्त्वदर्शिना ।
सेष्टा सविषयं चित्तमभिसन्धाय देशना ॥ १८४७ ॥

dvayaṃ pratītyavijñānaṃ yaduktaṃ tattvadarśinā |
seṣṭā saviṣayaṃ cittamabhisandhāya deśanā || 1847 ||

When the seer of truth declared that cognition proceeds from two causes,—this teaching was in view of the cognition with an object.—(1847)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

Cognition is of two kinds—with object (objective) and without object (purely subjective). It is in reference to the Cognition with Object that Cognition has been taught by the Blessed Lord, as being based upon two substrates.—(1847)

Question:—“How is it known that there is Cognition without Object also?”

Answer:—[see verse 1848 next]