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The Tattvasangraha [with commentary]
by Ganganatha Jha | 1937 | 699,812 words | ISBN-10: 8120800583 | ISBN-13: 9788120800588
This page contains verse 3180 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 3180.
Verse 3180
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
ईदृशां पुद्गलानां च कल्प्यमानाऽप्यनादिता ।
अप्रामाण्यपदस्थत्वान्न तस्मादतिरिच्यते ॥ ३१८० ॥īdṛśāṃ pudgalānāṃ ca kalpyamānā'pyanāditā |
“The beginninglessness of such persons, even though assumed, rests upon what is invalid, and hence cannot itself be far removed from invalidity.”—(3180)
aprāmāṇyapadasthatvānna tasmādatiricyate || 3180 ||
Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):
The beginninglessness of such persons and their words,—even though assumed,—is not very far from Invalidity; because it rests upon an invalid basis.—(3180)