1177 Verse 1701

Original

अथवाऽस्थान एवायमायासः क्रियते यतः ।
प्रत्यक्षश्च परोक्षश्च द्विधैवार्थो व्यवस्थितः ॥ १७०१ ॥

athavā’sthāna evāyamāyāsaḥ kriyate yataḥ |
pratyakṣaśca parokṣaśca dvidhaivārtho vyavasthitaḥ || 1701 ||

Or, all this effort is out of place; since things exist in two forms only—viz.; perceptible and imperceptible.—(1701)

Kamalaśīla

Having thus rejected all other Means or Forms of Cognition, in detail, the author briefly proceeds to discard them (and thus sums up the question):—[see verse 1701 above]

Things are of only two kinds—Perceptible and Imperceptible.—(1701)

Objection:—“There is also another kind—which is both Perceptible and Imperceptible, and which is neither Perceptible nor Imperceptible.”

Answer:—[see verse 1702 next]