Verse 3557

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

गुणकर्मेश्वरादीनां वेदानां चापहस्तिता ।
नित्यताऽतश्च नास्माभिर्नित्य आगम इष्यते ॥ ३५५७ ॥

guṇakarmeśvarādīnāṃ vedānāṃ cāpahastitā |
nityatā'taśca nāsmābhirnitya āgama iṣyate || 3557 ||

In fact, the eternality of all such things as quality, action, god, as also of the Vedas, has been totally rejected. Consequently we do not admit of any eternal ‘scripture’.—(3557)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

It has been argued under Text 3210, that—“the three Deities, Brahmā and the rest, are mentioned in the eternal scripture of the Veda; and the eternality of these does not militate against the eternality of the Vedas”. The answer to this is as follows:—[see verse 3557 above]

By establishing the ‘Perpetual Flux’ as affecting all things, it has been proved that nothing can be eternal. Hence all this (about eternality) is wholly irrelevant.—(3557)