Verse 2354

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

गुणाः सन्ति न सन्तीति पौरुषेयेषु शङ्क्यते ।
आनर्थक्यमतः प्राप्तं गुणाशङ्कैव नास्ति नः ॥ २३५४ ॥

guṇāḥ santi na santīti pauruṣeyeṣu śaṅkyate |
ānarthakyamataḥ prāptaṃ guṇāśaṅkaiva nāsti naḥ || 2354 ||

It is only in the case of the works of persons that the question arises as to whether the excellences are there or not. hence there is no need for such an enquiry in the case in question; and we have not the slightest idea of there being any excellence at all.—(2354)

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

What this shows is that the grounds for denying the defects in the case of the Veda are also the grounds for denying the excellences also [viz.: the absence of a Person as the author].—(2354)