0871 Verse 1211

Original

तिमिरोपहताक्षो हि यथा प्राह शशिद्वयम् ।
स्वसमाय तथा सर्वा शाब्दी व्यवहृतिर्मता ॥ १२११ ॥

timiropahatākṣo hi yathā prāha śaśidvayam |
svasamāya tathā sarvā śābdī vyavahṛtirmatā || 1211 ||

Just as the man whose eye has been attacked by a disorder says to another like himself that ‘there are two moons’,—so also is all verbal usage.—(1211)

Kamalaśīla

‘Who is like himself’,—i.e. to the other man, with disordered vision.—(1211)

Nor is the Convention futile in this case;—this is shown in the following—[see verse 1212 next]