The Tattvasangraha [with commentary]

by Ganganatha Jha | 1937 | 699,812 words | ISBN-10: 8120800583 | ISBN-13: 9788120800588

This page contains verse 2036 of the 8th-century Tattvasangraha (English translation) by Shantarakshita, including the commentary (Panjika) by Kamalashila: dealing with Indian philosophy from a Buddhist and non-Buddhist perspective. The Tattvasangraha (Tattvasamgraha) consists of 3646 Sanskrit verses; this is verse 2036.

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

अस्तु तर्हि ससारूप्यं विज्ञानं बाह्यवेदकम् ।
तस्यापि सर्वथाऽयोगान्न युक्ता वेदकस्थितिः ॥ २०३६ ॥

astu tarhi sasārūpyaṃ vijñānaṃ bāhyavedakam |
tasyāpi sarvathā'yogānna yuktā vedakasthitiḥ || 2036 ||

[Says the other party]—“the cognition endowed with similarity of form may be the apprehender of the external object”.—That also being impossible, it cannot have the position of the apprehender.—(2036)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

It has thus been proved that there can be no apprehension of Objects by a Cognition that does not bear any imprint (objective). The other view—that there can be none even by the Cognition that does bear such an imprint,—is now taken up and expounded:—[see verse 2036 above]

There can be no real form in the Cognition, on the basis of which the exact nature of things could be determined; and a Cognition with an unreal form could not apprehend the Object; as such form is present in wrong Cognition also.—(2036)

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