Verse 1947

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

स्वल्पीयानपि येषां तु नोपघातो महात्मनाम् ।
श्रूयन्ते विस्फुटा वाचस्तेषां सा च स्मृतिः स्फुटा ॥ १९४७ ॥

svalpīyānapi yeṣāṃ tu nopaghāto mahātmanām |
śrūyante visphuṭā vācasteṣāṃ sā ca smṛtiḥ sphuṭā || 1947 ||

In the case of those high-souled men, where there is not the slightest impediment,—clear speech is actually heard and they do have clear remembrance of them also.—(1947)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

The following Text shows that the Reason adduced in the Reductío ad absurdum is ‘inadmissible’ regarding its substratum:—[see verse 1947 above]

‘High-souled men’—Men of exceptionally pure life.—(1947)