Verse 3509

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

प्रज्ञादीनां च धर्मित्वं कृत्वा लिङ्गमुदीरितम् ।
नना(तन्नाम?) दृश्यते लिङ्गं नच सत्ता प्रसि(सा?)ध्यते ॥ ३५०९ ॥

prajñādīnāṃ ca dharmitvaṃ kṛtvā liṅgamudīritam |
nanā(tannāma?) dṛśyate liṅgaṃ naca sattā prasi(sā?)dhyate || 3509 ||

‘Wisdom’ and the rest hate been made the ‘subject’, and then the inferential indicative has been set forth; hence it is not true that ‘no indicative is recognised’,—and yet we are not seeking to prove the existence (of the person).—(3509)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

It has been argued under Text 3180, that—“no Indicative is recognised as part of the Subject which could lead to His inference”.

The answer to this is as follows:—[see verse 3509 above]

Under Text 3414 above, Wisdom, etc. have been made the ‘subject’ of the Reasoning, and the necessary Inferential Indicative has been asserted; hence it is not right to assert that “no Indicative is recognised”.

But existence is not what we are proving; all that we are proving is the fact of there being higher stages of the Wisdom, etc.; it is the highest stage of such Wisdom, that constitutes ‘Omniscience’,—Consequently the objections that have been urged against the proving of the existence of the Omniscient Person are not applicable at all.—(3509)

The answer to this is as follows:—[see verse 3510 next]