1987 Verse 3180

Original

ईदृशां पुद्गलानां च कल्प्यमानाऽप्यनादिता ।
अप्रामाण्यपदस्थत्वान्न तस्मादतिरिच्यते ॥ ३१८० ॥

īdṛśāṃ pudgalānāṃ ca kalpyamānā’pyanāditā |
aprāmāṇyapadasthatvānna tasmādatiricyate || 3180 ||

“The beginninglessness of such persons, even though assumed, rests upon what is invalid, and hence cannot itself be far removed from invalidity.”—(3180)

Kamalaśīla

The beginninglessness of such persons and their words,—even though assumed,—is not very far from Invalidity; because it rests upon an invalid basis.—(3180)