1069 Verse 1536

Original

प्रत्यक्षेणावबुद्धे च सादृश्ये च गवि स्मृते ।
विशिष्टस्यान्यतोऽसिद्धेरुपमायाः प्रमाणता ॥ १५३६ ॥

pratyakṣeṇāvabuddhe ca sādṛśye ca gavi smṛte |
viśiṣṭasyānyato’siddherupamāyāḥ pramāṇatā || 1536 ||

“Similarity having been apprehended by sense-perception,—and the cow haying been remembered,—the two together (i.e. the cow qualified by similarity) are not cognisable by any other means of cognition; hence herein lies the functioning of analogy as a means of cognition.”—(1536)

Kamalaśīla

Objection:—‘Similarity is cognised by Sense-perception,—the Cow also becomes the object of Remembrance;—what then is left to be known,—apprehending which, Analogy would become the Means of Cognition’?

Answer:—[see verse 1536 above]

Though the similarity has become cognised by Sense-perception, and the Cow also has been remembered, yet, the cognition of the Cow as qualified by the Similarity has not been cognised by any other Sense-perception or Remembrance. Hence in the bringing about of this Cognition lies the operation of Analogy as a Means of Cognition.—(1536)

An example is cited, to illustrate this:—[see verse 1537 next]