Verse 2996

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

एवं चार्थक्रियाज्ञानाद्धेतुशुद्धिविनिश्चितौ ।
अकृतार्थक्रिये वृत्तेरर्थ(रेषाऽ?)वाच्योपपद्यते ॥ २९९६ ॥

evaṃ cārthakriyājñānāddhetuśuddhiviniścitau |
akṛtārthakriye vṛtterartha(reṣā'?)vācyopapadyate || 2996 ||

Thus the perfection of the cause being ascertained through the cognition of effective action,—in a case where there is no effective action at all, the functioning cannot be deprecated.—(2996)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

‘Akṛtārtha, etc.—that which has not performed any effective action.

‘Avācyā’—not to he deprecated.

The idea is that it is so, because it is preceded by the ascertainment of validity.—(2996)