Verse 3518

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

आगमस्य च नित्यत्वे सि(द्धे त)त्कल्पना वृथा ।
यतस्तं प्रतिपत्स्यन्ते धर्ममेव ततो नराः ॥ ३५१८ ॥

āgamasya ca nityatve si(ddhe ta)tkalpanā vṛthā |
yatastaṃ pratipatsyante dharmameva tato narāḥ || 3518 ||

“If the scripture is eternal, then the assumption of the omniscient person is futile: as people would learn dharma from the scripture itself.”—(3518)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

‘Tatkalpanā’—assumption of the Omniscient Person.

Question:—Why is it futile?

Answer:—‘As people, etc.’—‘Tataḥ’—from the Eternal Scripture itself.—(3518)

The author’s answer to the above argument of the other party is as follows:—[see verses 3519-3520 next]