1313 Verse 2001-2002

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क्रियाकारकभावेन न स्वसंवित्तिरस्य तु ।
एकस्यानंशरूपस्य त्रैरूप्यानुपपत्तितः ॥ २००१ ॥
तदस्य बोधरूपत्वाद्युक्तं तावत्स्ववेदनम् ।
परस्य त्वर्थरूपस्य तेन संवेदनं कथम् ॥ २००२ ॥

kriyākārakabhāvena na svasaṃvittirasya tu |
ekasyānaṃśarūpasya trairūpyānupapattitaḥ || 2001 ||
tadasya bodharūpatvādyuktaṃ tāvatsvavedanam |
parasya tvartharūpasya tena saṃvedanaṃ katham || 2002 ||

There can be no ‘self-cognition’ of the cognition, in the sense that it is the action and also the active agent; because one and the same entity, which is impartite in form, cannot have three characters. Hence the only right view is that the ‘self-cognition’ of the cognition is due to its being of the very nature of consciousness. Under the circumstances, how can there be any cognition of any other thing in the shape of the ‘object’?—(2001-2002)

Kamalaśīla

Question:—“Why is the Cognition not regarded as the Apprehender (of itself)?”

Answer:—[see verses 2001-2002 above]

‘Three characters’—of the Cognised, the Cogniser and the Cognition—(2001-2002)