1960 Verse 3134

Original

पदार्था यैश्च यावन्तः सर्वत्वेनावधारिताः ।
तज्ज्ञत्वेनापि सर्वज्ञाः सर्वे तद्ग्रन्थवेदिनः ॥ ३१३४ ॥

padārthā yaiśca yāvantaḥ sarvatvenāvadhāritāḥ |
tajjñatvenāpi sarvajñāḥ sarve tadgranthavedinaḥ || 3134 ||

“When certain people have come to the conclusion that such and so many are all the things that exist,—all those who know this and those who have learnt the works written by them should be ‘all-knowing’.”—(3134)

Kamalaśīla

It might be that there are some people who have come to the conclusion in their own systems that so many are all the things that exist, and have postulated them to be as such;—e.g. the Bauddhas have postulated the ‘Five Thought-phases’;—the Vaiśeṣikas have postulated the ‘Six Categories’;—the Naiyāyikas have postulated the ‘Sixteen Categories’,—‘Means of Cognition’, ‘Objects of Cognition’ and so forth;—the Sāṃkhyas have postulated the twenty-five Principles—‘Primordial Matter’, the ‘Great Principle’ and so forth.—And one who knows these is held to be ‘all-knowing’.—In this way, it leads to absurdities; such as people who read the works written by these people also become ‘all-knowing’.—(3134)