Verse 2000

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

विज्ञानं जडरूपेभ्यो व्यावृत्तमुपजायते ।
इयमेवात्मसंवित्तिरस्य याऽजडरूपता ॥ २००० ॥

vijñānaṃ jaḍarūpebhyo vyāvṛttamupajāyate |
iyamevātmasaṃvittirasya yā'jaḍarūpatā || 2000 ||

When the cognition is produced, it is produced as differentiated from; all ‘unconscious’ forms; and it is this fact of its being ‘not-unconscious’ that constitutes its ‘self-cognisability’.—(2000)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

Question:—“Why should not the alternatives just set forth—‘not envisaging a form, etc.’—apply to the view that the Cognition (or Idea) is self-cognised?”

Answer:—[see verse 2000 above]

When Cognition is said to be ‘self-cognisant’, it is not meant that it is the apprehender or cogniser of itself; what is meant is that it shines,—becomes manifested,—by itself,—by its very nature,—just like the Light diffused in the atmosphere.—(2000)