1874 Verse 2980

Original

ननु चार्थक्रियाभासि ज्ञानं स्वप्नेऽपि विद्यते ।
नच तस्य प्रमाणत्वं तद्धेतोः प्रथमस्य च ॥ २९८० ॥

nanu cārthakriyābhāsi jñānaṃ svapne’pi vidyate |
naca tasya pramāṇatvaṃ taddhetoḥ prathamasya ca || 2980 ||

“As a matter of fact, cognition envisaging effective action is present in dreams also; and yet, on that account, it is not valid;—nor is its source, the former cognition, valid.”—(2980)

Kamalaśīla

In the following Text, the other party proceeds to show that the idea of validity being ascertained by means of the Cognition of effective action is ‘Inconclusive’,—and thereby to support his contention that there is mutual interdependence:—[see verse 2980 above]

‘Its source, the former Cognition’—i.e. the Cognition of effective action;—this should be construed with ‘is not valid’.—(2980)

The answer to the above is as follows:—[see verses 2981-2982 next]