Verse 3240

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

यदा चोपदिशेदेकं किंचित्सामान्यवक्तृवत् ।
एकदेशज्ञगीतं तन्न स्यात्सर्वज्ञभाषितम् ॥ ३२४० ॥

yadā copadiśedekaṃ kiṃcitsāmānyavaktṛvat |
ekadeśajñagītaṃ tanna syātsarvajñabhāṣitam || 3240 ||

“At the time that he would teach some one thing, like any ordinary speaker,—it would be the assertion of a man with partial knowledge, not that of an omniscient person.”—(3240)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

It might be said that “He would impart the teaching on waking from Meditation”.

The answer to that is as follows:—[see verse 3240 above]

As a matter of fact, Speaking can never proceed without some Cognition; hence when He would teach Dharma, He could do so only when His mind would, be in the conceptual state; and in this state there is no difference between the child and the wise man; so that He would be not—omniscient, and His assertion would not be the assertion of the Omniscient Person.—(3240)