आगमे विश्वासटिप्पन्यः

Original

एवं सन्तमसे काले यो गवाश्वादिसंशयः ।
भ्रान्तेर्वा निर्णयस्तत्र प्रकाशीभवनावधिः ॥ २८७९ ॥

evaṃ santamase kāle yo gavāśvādisaṃśayaḥ |
bhrāntervā nirṇayastatra prakāśībhavanāvadhiḥ || 2879 ||

“Similarly when at a time of dense darkness, there are doubts regarding the animal seen being a cow or a horse, followed by the ascertainment of the truth,—the limit of all this consists in the appearance of light.”—(2879)

Kamalaśīla

‘Santamasakāla’ is time when there is deep and dense darkness.—(2879)

The same idea is expressed in regard to particular men:—[see verse 2880 next]