Verse 2798

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

ईदृश्यकृतकत्वे च कः सिद्धेऽपि गुणस्तव ।
अवैतथ्यनिमित्तं हि यत्नोऽयं भवतोऽखिलः ॥ २७९८ ॥

īdṛśyakṛtakatve ca kaḥ siddhe'pi guṇastava |
avaitathyanimittaṃ hi yatno'yaṃ bhavato'khilaḥ || 2798 ||

Even if such freedom from authorship were proved,—what good would that do to you? As the whole attempt of yours has been towards the establishing of truthfulness.—(2798)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

It might be argued that—“all these may be regarded as free from human authorship”.

The answer to that is as follows:—[see verse 2798 above]

‘Such’—i.e. in regard to which there is likelihood of being untrue.—(2798)