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सहेतु सफलं कर्म ज्ञानेनालौकिकेन यः ।
समाधिजेन जानाति स सर्वज्ञोऽपदिश्यते ॥ ३६३८ ॥
पुरस्तादनुमानेन तस्य सत्ता प्रसाधिता ।
प्रमाणमस्य सद्भावे तदस्तीत्यस्ति तादृशः ॥ ३६३९ ॥sahetu saphalaṃ karma jñānenālaukikena yaḥ |
samādhijena jānāti sa sarvajño’padiśyate || 3638 ||
purastādanumānena tasya sattā prasādhitā |
pramāṇamasya sadbhāve tadastītyasti tādṛśaḥ || 3639 ||That person is certainly called ‘omniscient’ who knows all things along with their causes, through a single abnormal cognition brought about by communion. The existence of such a person has been already established before, by means of inference. Thus there is a distinct means of cognition vouching for his existence. Hence it follows that such a one really exists.—(3638-3639)
Kamalaśīla
It has been argued under Text 3256, that—“If the Omniscient Person is held to be that Person who knows all things and their causes, through a single abnormal Cognition,—then there can be no Means of Cognition to vouch for His existence, etc. etc.”.
The answer to this is as follows:—[see verses 3638-3639 above]