Verse 3567

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

वेदमूलं च नैवेदं बुद्धानामुपदेशनम् ।
निष्कलङ्कं हि तत्प्रोक्तं सकलङ्कं श्रुतौ पुनः ॥ ३५६७ ॥

vedamūlaṃ ca naivedaṃ buddhānāmupadeśanam |
niṣkalaṅkaṃ hi tatproktaṃ sakalaṅkaṃ śrutau punaḥ || 3567 ||

The teaching of the Buddhas is certainly not based upon the Veda; because it has been described as ‘flawless’, while the Veda is full of flaws.—(3567)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

It has been argued, under Text 3226, that—“If it were based upon the Veda, then they should have imparted it to the expounders of the Veda itself, etc. etc.”.

The answer to this is as follows;—[see verse 3567 above]

It cannot be possible for the flawless Teaching to be based upon what is full of flaws.—(3567)