0154 Verse 185

Original

सद्योजाताद्यविज्ञानवेदकेनैव वेद्यते ।
सर्वमुत्तरविज्ञानं मज्ज्ञानत्वात्तदाद्यवत् ॥ १८५ ॥

sadyojātādyavijñānavedakenaiva vedyate |
sarvamuttaravijñānaṃ majjñānatvāttadādyavat || 185 ||

“All subsequent cognitions are apprehended by that same cogniser who apprehended the first cognition immediately on birth,—because they are my cognitions,—like that first forerunner of those cognitions.”—(185)

Kamalaśīla

As regards the question as to how the eternality and omnipresence of the Soul are to be proved,—Aviddhakarṇa has propounded the following argument:—“The cognitions that I have had since my birth must have had the same cogniser who had the first cognition immediately after my coming out of my mother’s womb,—because they are my cognitions,—like my first cognition.—The same reasoning may be stated in regard to Pain and other experiences also.—This is the inferential reasoning that proves the eternality of the Soul.”

This argument is set forth in the following Text:—[see verse 185 above]

Like the first forerunner, etc.—i.e. the first forerunner of all subsequent cognitions.—(185)