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अन्योपलम्भतस्तस्य नासत्ता गम्यते यदि ।
ननु चान्योपलम्भस्ते सिद्धस्तद्विषयः कथम् ॥ ३२८४ ॥

anyopalambhatastasya nāsattā gamyate yadi |
nanu cānyopalambhaste siddhastadviṣayaḥ katham || 3284 ||

If it is said that—“the non-existence of the marriage is not cognised, because other people know of it then (the answer is) how do you know that other people know of it?—(3284)

Kamalaśīla

‘Anyopālambha’—The knowledge that other people have.

‘Tasya’—of the mother’s marriage.

‘Non-existence’—i.e. what is cognised is not non-existence, but existence.

The answer to this is that it cannot be known what the knowledge of other people is.—(3284)

The Opponent having been asked—‘How do you know?’—supplies the answer,—which is then refuted:—[see verses 3285-3286 next]