Verse 2423

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

आगमस्योपमायाश्च सार्थापत्तेः प्रमाणता ।
निषिद्धा प्राक्ततस्तासामुपन्यासो न युज्यते ॥ २४२३ ॥

āgamasyopamāyāśca sārthāpatteḥ pramāṇatā |
niṣiddhā prāktatastāsāmupanyāso na yujyate || 2423 ||

It has been shown that ‘verbal authority’, ‘analogy’ and ‘presumption’ cannot be the means of bight cognition;—hence it cannot be right to bring these forward.—(2423)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

It has been argued under Text 2089 that—“there is no Verbal authority,—either eternal or artificial,—which declares an Author of the Veda”.

The answer to this is as follows:—[see verse 2423 above]

‘It has been shown’—under the chapter on the Means of Eight Cognition.

‘Tāsām’—of Verbal Authority, Analogy and Presumption.—(2423)