Verse 2894

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

दोषैश्चाज्ञायमानत्वान्न प्रामाण्यमपोद्यते ।
अनपोदितसिद्धं च तदिहापि स्वतः स्थितम् ॥ २८९४ ॥

doṣaiścājñāyamānatvānna prāmāṇyamapodyate |
anapoditasiddhaṃ ca tadihāpi svataḥ sthitam || 2894 ||

“Because the defects are not cognised, therefore they do not set aside the validity; not being set aside, it becomes established by itself here also.”—(2894)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

‘The validity is not set aside’—such is the construction.

Question:—Why is it not set aside?

Answer:—‘Because they are not cognised’; the defects are discarded by the excellences, hence being non-existent, they are naturally ‘not cognised

‘Not being set aside, etc.’—established, because not set aside. When there is no exception to a general rule, it becomes automatically established.

‘Here also’—i.e. in the case of the words of the Trustworthy Person, not only in that of words not emanating from a Personality.—This is what is indicated by ‘api’.—(2894)