1376 Verse 2107-2108

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तच्च प्रत्यक्षतुल्यत्वाद्वैदिकं बलवत्तरम् ।
न शक्यमनुमानेन कथंचिदपि बाधितुम् ॥ २१०७ ॥
प्रत्यक्षपक्षनिक्षिप्तं शास्त्रमेव यतः स्थितम् ।
बलवत्तरमित्येतदनुमानस्य बाधकम् ॥ २१०८ ॥

tacca pratyakṣatulyatvādvaidikaṃ balavattaram |
na śakyamanumānena kathaṃcidapi bādhitum || 2107 ||
pratyakṣapakṣanikṣiptaṃ śāstrameva yataḥ sthitam |
balavattaramityetadanumānasya bādhakam || 2108 ||

“The knowledge derived from the Veda is of the same degree as perception, and hence stronger than inference; consequently, it can never be annulled by inference.”—(2107)

“Inasmuch as the Veda has been placed in the same position as perception, it is stronger than, and hence sets aside, inference.”—(2108)

Kamalaśīla

[verse 2107]:

Question:—How then is Inference annulled by the Verbal Cognition (derived from the Veda)?

Answer:—[see verse 2108 above]

[verse 2108]:

This has been thus declared—“The cognition derived from the words of the Veda is Perception, and Inference contrary to Perception cannot be valid”—(2108)

Question:—In what way is Verbal Cognition (derived from the Veda) stronger than Inference,—by virtue of which it is regarded as equal to Perception?

Answer:—[see verses 2109-2110 next]