Verse 2404

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

रक्तं नीलसरोजं हि वह्न्यालोके सतीष्यते ।
वह्न्यादिः कृतकत्वाच्चेन्न हेतुरुपपद्यते ॥ २४०४ ॥

raktaṃ nīlasarojaṃ hi vahnyāloke satīṣyate |
vahnyādiḥ kṛtakatvāccenna heturupapadyate || 2404 ||

In the glare of fire, the blue lotus appears as red.—if it is said that—“in this case the fire is the cause of the wrong cognition, and is a product (not eternal)”—[Then, the answer is as in the following text].—(2404)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

The following might be said (by the Mīmāṃsaka)—“The mere fact of not being the work of a person has not been put forward by us as the Reason (for Reliability),—what is meant by us to be the Reason is that fact along with the fact of not being a product.—Or it is this character of not being a product that is indicated by the character of not being the work of a Person. Hence the Reason is not rendered Inconclusive by the case of the Forest fire, which is a product (with a beginning)”.—

This is the Mīmāṃsaka’s answer which is anticipated and set forth in the words—‘In this case, the Fire, etc. etc.’

‘Taddhetuḥ’—the source of wrong cognition.—(2404)

The answer to the above is as follows:—[see verse 2405 next]