Verse 3075

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

स्थिते हि तस्य मानत्वे निश्चयः क्रियतेऽनया ।
न त्वपूर्वं प्रमाणत्वमनया तस्य जन्यते ॥ ३०७५ ॥

sthite hi tasya mānatve niścayaḥ kriyate'nayā |
na tvapūrvaṃ pramāṇatvamanayā tasya janyate || 3075 ||

It is only when the validity is there that certainty regarding it is brought about by this (confirmation), and this does not produce a fresh validity in it.—(3075)

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

This also serves to set aside the argument set forth under Text 2899—to the effect that—“Even in a case where the thing is definitely apprehended by the later Cognitions, the thing has not been clearly apprehended by the first Cognition”.—Because the fact of the certainty of validity being brought about by later Cognitions cannot deprive the first Cognition of that validity which consists in its capacity to lead to its object,—(3075)