Verse 2940

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

बलिभुग्धूमहेतूत्थदोषादिप्रत्ययैर्यथा ।
स्थाणुतेजोऽप्रमाणादि परेभ्यो व्यवसीयते ॥ २९४० ॥

balibhugdhūmahetūtthadoṣādipratyayairyathā |
sthāṇutejo'pramāṇādi parebhyo vyavasīyate || 2940 ||

For example, (1) the post, (2) the fire, and (3) invalidity are cognised extraneously by means of the notions of (1) the crow, (2) smoke and (3) defects in the source of the cognition.—(2940)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

In the following Text, the Author points out that the view of the Opponent is contrary to Inference,—and also asserts the establishment of his own view:—[see verse 2940 above]

The argument may be formulated as follows:—Things whose character has become subject to doubt and misconception can have their reality ascertained only by things extraneous to themselves,—e.g. the Post;—the validity of cognitions, for some people, has become the object of Doubt and Misconception; hence this is a Reason based on the nature of the thing concerned.

‘Balibhuk’ (Crow)—‘Dhūma’ (Smoke)—‘hetūtthadoṣa’ (defects in the source)—the ‘pratyaya’—notions of these;—these are to be construed, respectively, with the ‘Sthāṇu’ (Post)—‘Teja’ (Fire) and ‘Aprāmāṇya’ (Invalidity). [The presence of the Crow indicates that the upright object is the Post, not the Man.]

This shows the Invariable Concomitance of the Probans (with the Probandum).—(2940)