आगमे विश्वासटिप्पन्यः

Original

आगमस्योपमायाश्च सार्थापत्तेः प्रमाणता ।
निषिद्धा प्राक्ततस्तासामुपन्यासो न युज्यते ॥ २४२३ ॥

āgamasyopamāyāśca sārthāpatteḥ pramāṇatā |
niṣiddhā prāktatastāsāmupanyāso na yujyate || 2423 ||

It has been shown that ‘verbal authority’, ‘analogy’ and ‘presumption’ cannot be the means of bight cognition;—hence it cannot be right to bring these forward.—(2423)

Kamalaśīla

It has been argued under Text 2089 that—“there is no Verbal authority,—either eternal or artificial,—which declares an Author of the Veda”.

The answer to this is as follows:—[see verse 2423 above]

‘It has been shown’—under the chapter on the Means of Eight Cognition.

‘Tāsām’—of Verbal Authority, Analogy and Presumption.—(2423)