0157 Verse 188

Original

तदत्र प्रथमे तावत्साधने सिद्धसाध्यता ।
सर्वज्ञादिप्रवेद्यत्वं त्वज्ज्ञानस्येष्यते यतः ॥ १८८ ॥

tadatra prathame tāvatsādhane siddhasādhyatā |
sarvajñādipravedyatvaṃ tvajjñānasyeṣyate yataḥ || 188 ||

As regards the first argument that has been put forward, it is open to the charge of ‘proving what is already admitted’ (futile); as the apprehensibility of your cognition by the omniscient person and others is already admitted (by us).—(188)

Kamalaśīla

The following Text proceeds to answer the above arguments (of the upholders of the Soul):—[see verse 188 above]

The first argument,—i.e. the one set forth in Text 177—“My cognitions are apprehended by a Cogniser, etc.”.—This is futile; inasmuch as we already admit the fact that your cognitions are apprehended by a Cogniser other than your body, etc.,—in the person of the Omniscient Being, as also by the Śrāvakas and Pratyekabuddhas and other thought-readers.—(188)