2004 Verse 3207

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एतदेव हि तज्ज्ञानं यद्विशुद्धात्मदर्शनम् ।
अशुद्धे तन्निमित्ते च यत्तदज्ञानमुच्यते ॥ ३२०७ ॥

etadeva hi tajjñānaṃ yadviśuddhātmadarśanam |
aśuddhe tannimitte ca yattadajñānamucyate || 3207 ||

“His knowledge consists only in the direct perception of his pure self; when the source of that knowledge is not pure, the knowledge itself is called ‘ignorance’.”—(3207)

Kamalaśīla

Question:—How is it that, though knowing only a part of things, Śaṅkara alone—and no one else—is spoken of as ‘equipped with knowledge’?

Answer:—[see verse 3207 above]

‘Pure’ qualifies the ‘Self’;—the perception of this.

‘Its basis’—the basis of the perception of the pure self.—What is that basis?—The Self itself.—When this Self is not-pure, then the ‘perception of the Self’ that appears is called ‘no knowledge’, ‘Ignorance’; because it is of a low order.—(3207)