The Tattvasangraha [with commentary]

by Ganganatha Jha | 1937 | 699,812 words | ISBN-10: 8120800583 | ISBN-13: 9788120800588

This page contains verse 3175 of the 8th-century Tattvasangraha (English translation) by Shantarakshita, including the commentary (Panjika) by Kamalashila: dealing with Indian philosophy from a Buddhist and non-Buddhist perspective. The Tattvasangraha (Tattvasamgraha) consists of 3646 Sanskrit verses; this is verse 3175.

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

तस्मादतीन्द्रियार्थानां साक्षाद्द्रष्टा न विद्यते ।
वचनेन तु नित्येन यः पश्यति स पश्यति ॥ ३१७५ ॥

tasmādatīndriyārthānāṃ sākṣāddraṣṭā na vidyate |
vacanena tu nityena yaḥ paśyati sa paśyati || 3175 ||

“Thus then, there can be no one who perceives things beyond the reach of the senses; he alone knows such things who knows them through the eternal word.”—(3175)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

Having thus established the Invariable Concomitance of his Reason, the Mīmāṃsaka sums up his position:—[see verse 3175 above]

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