1980 Verse 3169

Original

तस्मादतिशयज्ञानैरतिदूरगतैरपि ।
किञ्चिदेवाधिकं ज्ञातुं शक्यते न त्वतीन्द्रियम् ॥ ३१६९ ॥

tasmādatiśayajñānairatidūragatairapi |
kiñcidevādhikaṃ jñātuṃ śakyate na tvatīndriyam || 3169 ||

“Thus then, even when the superiority of knowledge proceeds very far, it can comprehend only a little more than others,—it can never comprehend things beyond the senses.”—(3169)

Kamalaśīla

In the following Text, the Mīmāṃsaka sums up his position:—[see verse 3169 above]

‘Atiśayajñāna’—superiority of knowledge.—The compounding is according to the rule ‘Tritīyā, etc.’—The Instrumental Ending connotes instrumentality.—(3169)

The same idea is further clarified:—[see verses 3170-3171 next]