Verse 3313-3314

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

प्रधानपुरुषार्थज्ञसर्वार्थज्ञप्रसिद्धये ।
तच्च मानं पुरः प्रोक्तं पश्चादन्यच्च वक्ष्यते ॥ ३३१३ ॥
अतः सर्वजगत्सूक्ष्मभेदज्ञार्थप्रसाधने ।
नास्थाने क्लिश्यते लोकः संरम्भाद्ग्रन्थवादयोः ॥ ३३१४ ॥

pradhānapuruṣārthajñasarvārthajñaprasiddhaye |
tacca mānaṃ puraḥ proktaṃ paścādanyacca vakṣyate || 3313 ||
ataḥ sarvajagatsūkṣmabhedajñārthaprasādhane |
nāsthāne kliśyate lokaḥ saṃrambhādgranthavādayoḥ || 3314 ||

The proof in support of the person knowing primordial matter and the spirit and other things, as also of the person knowing all things, has been already declared before, and later on another proof also is going to be set forth.—Hence it is not for nothing that people take the trouble of proving the existence of the person knowing the minute details of the whole world, by means of enthusiastic treatises and discussions.—(3313-3314)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

It has been argued by the Mīmāṃsaka under Texts 3140-3141 that—“By proving the existence of the Person knowing only Dharma and Adharma whom the Buddhist postulates, etc. etc.”.

The answer to this is as follows:—[see verses 3313-3314 above]

When we try to prove the existence of the Omniscient Person, we do not give up all considerations regarding that Person Himself; in fact our effort is directed towards the proving of the existence of the Person who knows the principal factor of Dharma itself. Thus on a previous occasion, under Text 3267, we have set forth the proof, in the shape of Presumption, in due accordance with your own view,—where we pointed out that ‘your denial of the Omniscient Person is set aside by the acceptance of the knower of Dharma, on the strength of Presumption’;—and we are also going to set forth another proof, in the shape of Inference.—It is not for nothing that people take all this trouble,—in fact, it is for a very right and proper purpose.—(3313-3314)