2046 Verse 3299

Original

ननु मातृविवाहादेरसत्त्वं मुक्तसंशयम् ।
एतेनैव प्रकारेण तव धीमन्प्रसज्यते ॥ ३२९९ ॥

nanu mātṛvivāhāderasattvaṃ muktasaṃśayam |
etenaiva prakāreṇa tava dhīmanprasajyate || 3299 ||

In this manner, o clever man, the non-existence of your mother’s marriage becomes established ‘free from all doubt’.—(3299)

Kamalaśīla

If the idea is that there can be Doubt only in regard to a thing that has been perceived some time or the other,—and in regard to all other things there should be certainty of non-existence,—then under that principle, the non-existence of your mother’s marriage becomes established, beyond all doubt; because you have never before perceived that marriage; by virtue of which there could be no certainty regarding its non-existence.

The rest of the objection is to be answered as before.

‘Clever man’—is said in derision.—(3299)

Says the Opponent—“If such be the case, then there can be no basis for Doubt at all”.

Answer:—[see verse 3300 next]