Verse 3635

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

तत्त्वान्यत्वाद्यनिर्देश्यं यत्परैश्च प्रकल्पितम् ।
सामान्यं तस्य नैतेन ग्रहणं योगिचेतसा ॥ ३६३५ ॥

tattvānyatvādyanirdeśyaṃ yatparaiśca prakalpitam |
sāmānyaṃ tasya naitena grahaṇaṃ yogicetasā || 3635 ||

What is apprehended by the mystic consciousness is not that universal which is incapable of being spoken of as ‘that’ or ‘not-that’ and so forth, and which other people have regarded as real’.—(3635)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

If what is meant by Mystic Consciousness envisaging Specific Individuality is that it apprehends that Universal which we have declared to be ‘illusory’, not capable of being described as that or not-that,—and which other philosophers have regarded as real,—then the said idea cannot be accepted.

This is what the Author points out in the following:—[see verse 3635 above]

‘And so forth’ is meant to include ‘eternal’ or ‘non-eternal’, etc. etc.—(3635)

Question:—“Why cannot there be apprehension of that Universal?”

Answer:—[see verse 3636 next]