1754 Verse 2779

Original

वृद्धानां दृश्यमाना च प्रतिपत्तिः पुनः पुनः ।
उपाय इति तद्धानिरसिद्धाऽवगमं प्रति ॥ २७७९ ॥

vṛddhānāṃ dṛśyamānā ca pratipattiḥ punaḥ punaḥ |
upāya iti taddhānirasiddhā’vagamaṃ prati || 2779 ||

“The only means (of comprehending the meaning) consists in the perceiving of its repeated comprehension by experienced people. and certainly the failure of such means cannot be admitted, in regard to the bringing about of the comprehension”.—[Ślokavārtika-sambandha-kṣepaparihāra, 138-139].—(2779)

Kamalaśīla

In the following Text, the Mīmāṃsaka shows how the said Reason would be Inadmissible:—[see verse 2779 above]

The comprehension of the Relationship by experienced persons—perceived again and again—is the only way of asserting that Relationship: unless one knows the Relationship himself, he cannot speak of it to another person.

‘The failure of such means,’—i.e. the said means being ineffective.

‘The comprehension’—of the Relationship.—(2779)