2118 Verse 3454

Original

न चानुमानतो ज्ञानं तस्य पूर्वमदृष्टितः ।
तेन लिङ्गस्य सम्बन्धदर्शनानुपपत्तितः ॥ ३४५४ ॥

na cānumānato jñānaṃ tasya pūrvamadṛṣṭitaḥ |
tena liṅgasya sambandhadarśanānupapattitaḥ || 3454 ||

His knowledge could not have been derived through inference, as there had been no previous perception; and hence no relationship with the inferential indicative could be recognised.—(3454)

Kamalaśīla

“It may be that they have spoken of these things after having come to know them through Inference.”

The answer to this is as follows:—[see verse 3454 above]

Nothing can form the object of Inference of which the relationship to the Indicative has not been recognised; and it is not possible to have any definite notion of the relationship of any Inferential Indicative to a thing which is entirely beyond perception.—(3454)