Verse 3100

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

आभ्यासिकं यथा ज्ञानं प्रमाणं गम्यते स्वतः ।
मिथ्याज्ञानं तथा किंचिदप्रमाणं स्वतः स्थितम् ॥ ३१०० ॥

ābhyāsikaṃ yathā jñānaṃ pramāṇaṃ gamyate svataḥ |
mithyājñānaṃ tathā kiṃcidapramāṇaṃ svataḥ sthitam || 3100 ||

Just as repeated cognition is regarded as valid by itself,—so also in some cases wrong cognition is invalid by itself.—(3100)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

It has been argued under Text 2913, that—“Like valid Cognition, Invalid Cognition also operates upon its object by itself; but the fact of its being false cannot be apprehended without another means of Cognition”.

The answer to this is as follows:—[see verse 3100 above]

‘Repeated Cognition’—such Cognition as has been apprehended repeatedly.

Just as in some cases validity is recognised as self-sufficient—as asserted above;—in the same manner, in some cases, wrongness or Invalidity also is recognised by itself. For instance, it is found that people suffering from deranged vision recognise, through repeated experience, the wrongness of the illusion regarding the ‘Hair-tuft’ immediately after its appearance.—(3100)