Verse 2486-2487

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

शब्दोपलम्भवेलायां कर्णपर्यन्तवर्त्तिनः ।
न वायवोऽवगम्यन्ते श्रोत्रसंस्कारकारिणः ॥ २४८६ ॥
नादेन संस्कृताच्छ्रोत्राद्यदा शब्दः प्रतीयते ।
तदुपश्लेषतस्तस्य बोधोऽध्यक्षेण बाध्यते ॥ २४८७ ॥

śabdopalambhavelāyāṃ karṇaparyantavarttinaḥ |
na vāyavo'vagamyante śrotrasaṃskārakāriṇaḥ || 2486 ||
nādena saṃskṛtācchrotrādyadā śabdaḥ pratīyate |
tadupaśleṣatastasya bodho'dhyakṣeṇa bādhyate || 2487 ||

At the time that the word-sound is heard, there is no perception of the air-currents reaching the ear and embellishing the auditory organ. when the sound is cognised through the ear as embellished by the pitch,—there is idea of the pitch as related to that sound; and this idea is clearly annulled by direct perception.—(2486-2487)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

It has been argued by the Mīmāṃsaka, under Text 2148, that—“When the Word-Sound is cognised by the Ear, etc. etc.”

The answer to this is as follows:—[see verses 2486-2487 above]

If it were known by any Means of Right Cognition that ‘there axe Air-currents embellishing the Auditory organ’, then there might be some justification for saying that ‘the Auditory organ is embellished by the Pitch’, As a matter of fact, however, no such Air-currents are known; hence there is the idea of the Pitch only as related to the Sound and that this idea is perceptional is entirely fanciful.—(2486-2487)