Verse 3027

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

त्रिसत्यताऽपि देवानां नैव निश्चितिकारणम् ।
आद्यान्निश्चित्य सद्भावे नैव स्यात्परतोऽप्यसौ ॥ ३०२७ ॥

trisatyatā'pi devānāṃ naiva niścitikāraṇam |
ādyānniścitya sadbhāve naiva syātparato'pyasau || 3027 ||

The fact of the deities being called ‘trisatya’ cannot lead to any certainty (regarding validity); in fact, if this certainty does not follow from the very first (statement), it cannot follow from others.—(3027)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

It has been asserted under Text 2884, that—“it is for this same reason that Deities are called Tri-satya (Three-truth)”.

The answer to this is as follows:—[see verse 3027 above]

‘From the first’—i.e. from the first statement;—if the certainty does not follow,—then that certainty cannot follow from, others—i.e. from the two statements coming later on.—(3027)

The same idea is further elucidated:—[see verse 3028 next]