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प्रकृत्या जडरूपत्वान्नास्यात्मानुभवो यदि ।
ज्ञानसंवेदनाभावात्परार्थानुभवस्तदा(था ?) ॥ २०२१ ॥

prakṛtyā jaḍarūpatvānnāsyātmānubhavo yadi |
jñānasaṃvedanābhāvātparārthānubhavastadā(thā ?) || 2021 ||

If, by its nature, cognition is unconscious and as such:, can have no apprehension of itself,—then, there would be no consciousness of the cognition; which would mean that the same is the case with the apprehension of the other also.—(2021)

Kamalaśīla

It has been assorted (under Text 2014) that—“the illuminativeness of Cognition consists in its being of the nature of Apprehension”.

The answer to this is as follows:—[see verse 2021 above]

If Cognition, being unconscious, does not apprehend itself,—then the Cognition itself being imperceptible, the apprehension of the Object also would have to be regarded as imperceptible.—(2021)