Verse 3094

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

क्वचित्तु विविधभ्रान्तिनिमित्तबलभाविनी ।
भ्रान्तिरुत्सार्यतेऽनेन यस्मात्तत्र न निश्चयः ॥ ३०९४ ॥

kvacittu vividhabhrāntinimittabalabhāvinī |
bhrāntirutsāryate'nena yasmāttatra na niścayaḥ || 3094 ||

In some cases, the mistake or illusion that arises from the various causes of illusion is set aside by another cognition; because there is no certainty in such a case.—(3094)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

It has been argued under Text 2908, that “If the validity of the Cognition that proves the validity of another Cognition be not proved by any other Cognition,—then the same might be the case with those whose validity is held to be proved by others”.

The answer to this is as follows:—[see verse 3094 above]

In some cases, it so happens that there being no means, in the shape of repeated Cognition, of securing certainty, some sort of illusion or mistake comes in; hence the validity cannot rest in the Cognition itself.—(3094)