Verse 2977-2979

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

संदेहेन प्रवृत्तौ मे फलप्राप्तिर्भवेद्यदि ।
प्रामाण्यनिश्चयस्तत्र ज्ञात एव भविष्यति ॥ २९७७ ॥
नान्यथेति नचाप्येवमनुयोगोऽत्र युक्तिमान् ।
उपाये वर्त्तते कस्मादिति नह्यन्यथागतिः ॥ २९७८ ॥
नह्युपायाद्विना कश्चिदुपेयं प्रतिपद्यते ।
इति संदेहवृत्तोऽपि प्रेक्षावत्तां जहाति न ॥ २९७९ ॥

saṃdehena pravṛttau me phalaprāptirbhavedyadi |
prāmāṇyaniścayastatra jñāta eva bhaviṣyati || 2977 ||
nānyatheti nacāpyevamanuyogo'tra yuktimān |
upāye varttate kasmāditi nahyanyathāgatiḥ || 2978 ||
nahyupāyādvinā kaścidupeyaṃ pratipadyate |
iti saṃdehavṛtto'pi prekṣāvattāṃ jahāti na || 2979 ||

When I have recourse to activity on the basis of a doubtful cognition,—if i succeed in obtaining the fruit of that activity, then certainty regarding the validity of that cognition would be automatically apprehended; it cannot be ascertained in any other way.—Nor can it be reasonable to raise the question as to ‘how the man has recourse to the said means for the simple reason that there is no other way available. As a matter of fact, without the means, no one can get at the end.—Thus, even when acting on the basis of a doubtful cognition, the man does not lose his character of being a sane person.—(2977-2979)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

‘Acting on the basis of a doubtful Cognition’; i.e. having recourse to activity, through a were suspicion that his Cognition may be valid and right.

The rest is easily understood; hence it is not explained in detail.—(2977-2979)