Verse 3085

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

तथाहि सलिलज्ञानमाद्यमुत्पद्यतेऽक्षिजम् ।
पानस्नानादिनिर्भासं जिह्वाकायाश्रितं परम् ॥ ३०८५ ॥

tathāhi salilajñānamādyamutpadyate'kṣijam |
pānasnānādinirbhāsaṃ jihvākāyāśritaṃ param || 3085 ||

The first cognition of water that appears is produced by the eye; then there follows the later cognitions relating to drinking and bathing, as dependent upon the gestatory organ and the body (respectively).—(3085)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

‘Produced by the eyes’—i.e. the visual Cognition of Colour.

‘Later Cognition’,—i.e. one appearing at a later time.—(3085)