1835 Verse 2913

Original

अप्रमाणं पुनः स्वार्थे प्रमाणमिव हि स्थितम् ।
मिथ्यात्वं तस्य गृह्येत न प्रमाणान्तरादृते ॥ २९१३ ॥

apramāṇaṃ punaḥ svārthe pramāṇamiva hi sthitam |
mithyātvaṃ tasya gṛhyeta na pramāṇāntarādṛte || 2913 ||

“Like valid cognition, invalid cognition also operates upon its object, by itself (independently); but the fact of its being false cannot be apprehended without another means of cognition.”—(2913)

Kamalaśīla

Invalid Cognition also has the semblance of the Valid Cognition, and hence it does apprehend [the ‘na’ is wrongly put in] the object, by its mere existence; consequently, ‘falsity’—i.e. the fact of its envisaging an unreal thing—cannot be apprehended without another means of Cognition; we are going to show later on that this falsity is extraneous.—(2913)