Verse 2814

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

अनपेक्षत्वमेवैकं प्रामाण्यस्य निबन्धनम् ।
तदेव हि विनाश्येत सापेक्षत्वे समाश्रिते ॥ २८१४ ॥

anapekṣatvamevaikaṃ prāmāṇyasya nibandhanam |
tadeva hi vināśyeta sāpekṣatve samāśrite || 2814 ||

“‘Independence’ (self-sufficiency) is the only basis for ‘validity if ‘dependence’ were admitted, then the ‘validity’ itself would be destroyed.”—(2814)

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

‘Basis of validity’—i.e. of the very idea of ‘validity ‘Tadeva’—Validity itself.—Because on the cessation of the more extensive character, the less extensive one cannot continue.—(2814)