1989 Verse 3183-3184

Original

ये प्रमाणतदाभासगुणदोषा ह्यनादयः ।
न तेऽनादित्वमात्रेण सर्वे गच्छन्ति तुल्यताम् ॥ ३१८३ ॥
सुवर्णं व्यवहाराङ्गमनाद्यन्तं यथास्थितम् ।
मायासुवर्णमप्येवमिति किं तेन तत्समम् ॥ ३१८४ ॥

ye pramāṇatadābhāsaguṇadoṣā hyanādayaḥ |
na te’nāditvamātreṇa sarve gacchanti tulyatām || 3183 ||
suvarṇaṃ vyavahārāṅgamanādyantaṃ yathāsthitam |
māyāsuvarṇamapyevamiti kiṃ tena tatsamam || 3184 ||

“The good points of what is reliable, and the bad points of what is unreliable,—both being beginningless,—are equal only in so far as they are beginningless. for instance, real gold has been in use since time without beginning and end,—so has been unreal gold also; but do the two become equal?”—(3183-3184)

Kamalaśīla

‘Pramāṇa, etc.’—The compound is to be expounded as—‘the good and bad points of what is Reliable and what is Unreliable’.—(3183-3184)