Verse 2004

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

बोधरूपतयोत्पत्तेर्ज्ञानं वेद्यं हि युज्यते ।
न त्वर्थो बोध उत्पन्नस्तदसौ वेद्यते कथम् ॥ २००४ ॥

bodharūpatayotpatterjñānaṃ vedyaṃ hi yujyate |
na tvartho bodha utpannastadasau vedyate katham || 2004 ||

It is possible for the cognition to be cognised, because it is produced in the form of consciousness. The object, on the other hand, when produced, is not in the form of consciousness; how then could it be cognised?’—(2004)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

The following might be urged:—“Even though the External Thing be different from the Cognition, yet it could be ‘cognised’, ‘apprehended’—just as the Cognition itself is”.

The answer to that is as follows:—[see verse 2004 above]