1846 Verse 2930

Original

निश्चयारोपमनसोर्बाध्यबाधकभावतः ।
समारोपविवेके हि निश्चयो वर्त्ततेऽखिलः ॥ २९३० ॥

niścayāropamanasorbādhyabādhakabhāvataḥ |
samāropaviveke hi niścayo varttate’khilaḥ || 2930 ||

Inasmuch as conviction and wrong cognition are mutually destructive—if wrong cognition becomes excluded, conviction remains entirely unaffected.—(2930)

Kamalaśīla

Question:—“Why should the two be mutually destructive?”

Answer:—‘If Wrong Cognition becomes excluded, etc, etc.’—Conviction has a form which, is the reverse of Wrong Cognition; hence it does not gain a footing until it has set aside the Wrong Cognition; just as warmth does not gain a footing until it has set aside coolness. Hence when an object has been taken up by Conviction, where could there be any room for the Wrong Cognition?—(2930)

The following Text points out that the Mīmāṃsaka’s view involves self-contradiction also:—[see verse 2931 next]