1824 Verse 2898

Original

अन्यस्यापि प्रमाणत्वे सङ्गतिर्नैव कारणम् ।
तुल्यार्थानां विकल्पेन ह्येकस्यैव प्रमाणता ॥ २८९८ ॥

anyasyāpi pramāṇatve saṅgatirnaiva kāraṇam |
tulyārthānāṃ vikalpena hyekasyaiva pramāṇatā || 2898 ||

“Such corroboration (by other means of cognition) does not form the basis of the validity of other cognitions also; because among cognitions envisaging the same thing, there can be only option,—which means that validity can belong to only one of them.”—(2898)

Kamalaśīla

‘Other Means of Cognitions’,—i.e. the Means of Cognition other than the Veda,—i.e. Sense-perception and the rest.

‘Tulyārthānām’—bearing upon one and the same thing.

‘To only one’—the one appearing first of all; the other being only reiterative.

The validity of this first Cognition cannot be due to the other subsequent cognitions; because these latter are themselves invalid, inasmuch as they apprehend what has been already apprehended.—(2898)