Verse 3407-3409

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

योगाभ्यासविशेषाच्च योगिनां मानसं तथा ।
ज्ञानं प्रकृष्टरूपं स्यादित्यत्रास्ति न बाधकम् ॥ ३४०७ ॥
गतियोगादिवैकल्ये ज्ञाने त्वतिशयो यदि ।
क्षिप्यतेऽयुक्तमेतद्धि हेत्वभावात्फलं नहि ॥ ३४०८ ॥
यथा शास्त्रान्तरज्ञानं तन्मात्रेण न लभ्यते ।
उत्तरोत्तरतद्धेतुवैकल्येऽतिशयस्तथा ॥ ३४०९ ॥

yogābhyāsaviśeṣācca yogināṃ mānasaṃ tathā |
jñānaṃ prakṛṣṭarūpaṃ syādityatrāsti na bādhakam || 3407 ||
gatiyogādivaikalye jñāne tvatiśayo yadi |
kṣipyate'yuktametaddhi hetvabhāvātphalaṃ nahi || 3408 ||
yathā śāstrāntarajñānaṃ tanmātreṇa na labhyate |
uttarottarataddhetuvaikalye'tiśayastathā || 3409 ||

Through particular practices of Yoga, the mind of the mystics and their cognitions come to be of superior order. there can be nothing incongruous in this.—(3407)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

[verse 3407]:

The following Text shows the superiority acquired by means of Mystic Practices:—[see verse 3407 above]

If the superior powers among men is denied on the ground that the said practices and medication, etc. are impossible,—then such denial is entirely superfluous. This is pointed out in the following:—[see verses 3408-3409 above]

[verses 3408-3409]:

‘Superiority’—among the celestial Beings.

This same argument sets aside what has been said by the other party under Text 3102, regarding the ‘auditory perception of Sounds, etc. etc.’—What is meant is that mere non-perception of the said superiority cannot justify the denial of it.—(3408-3409)