Verse 2080

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

ननु च प्रतिबिम्बेऽपि ज्ञानं सालम्बनं मतम् ।
चक्षूरश्मिनिवृत्तौ हि स्वमुखादेस्तथेक्षणात् ॥ २०८० ॥

nanu ca pratibimbe'pi jñānaṃ sālambanaṃ matam |
cakṣūraśminivṛttau hi svamukhādestathekṣaṇāt || 2080 ||

“In the case of reflection also, the cognition is regarded as having an objective basis; as it is found that on the visual rays being turned back, one’s own face is seen as it is in the reflection.”—(2080)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

Another party urges the fact of the Corroborative Instance (‘Reflection’) being devoid of the Probandum:—[see verse 2080 above]

“The light-rays, issuing from the eyes and falling upon the surface of the Mirror, become tinned back and thus become connected with one’s own face, and then they bring about the cognition of the face. Thus it is the face itself that is seen as within the Mirror. So that it becomes established that the Cognition of the Reflection is not ‘devoid of the Apprehender and the Apprehended’.”—(2080)

The answer to the above is provided in the following:—[see verse 2081 next]