Verse 3073

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

यदि संवादिविज्ञानं न वा हेतुविशुद्धता ।
निश्चिता संशयोत्पत्तेस्तदा वेदे न मानता ॥ ३०७३ ॥

yadi saṃvādivijñānaṃ na vā hetuviśuddhatā |
niścitā saṃśayotpattestadā vede na mānatā || 3073 ||

In case there is no corroborative cognition, nor perfection in its source,—the appearance of doubt, and consequent invalidity, is inevitable, in the veda.—(3073)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

It has been argued under Text 2897 that—“The fact that other Means of Cognition never have any bearing upon what is said in the Veda establishes its validity; otherwise, it would be merely reiterative The answer to this is as follows:—[see verse 3073 above]

Confirmatory Cognition of effective action, and the Cognition of perfection of the cause,—supply the source of the certainty regarding Validity; and both these are not admitted (by the other party) in the case of the Veda; consequently there are no means of ascertaining the validity of Cognitions provided by the Veda; hence there can be no certainty regarding such validity; as the effect cannot appear without its cause.—(3073)