Early Buddhist Theory of Knowledge c8.15

c8.15

¹ Tathāhi te ūcuḥ -ya ete jñāninas te parasparaviruddhavāditayā na yathārthavādino bhavanti, tathāhi-eke sarvagatamātmānaṁ vadanti, tathā'nye asarvagataṁ, apare aṅguṣṭaparvamātraṁ, kecana śyāmākataṇḍulamātraṁ, anye mūrtamamūrtaṁ hṛdayamadhyavartinaṁ lalātavyavasthitamityādyātmapadārtha eva sarvapadārthapurahsare teṣāṁ naikavākyatā, na cāuśayajñānī kaścidasti yadvākyaṁ pramāṇīkriyeta, na cāsau vidyamāno' py upalaksyate'rvāgdarśinā, 'na sarvajñaḥ sarvaṁ jānātī'ti vacanāt, tathā c'oktam-' sarvajño'sāviti hyetattatkāle'pi bubhutsubhiḥ tajjñānajñeyavijñānaśūnyairvijñāyate katham?'; na ca tasya samyak tadupāyaparijñānābhāvāt sambhavaḥ, sambhavābhāvaścetaretarāśrayatvāt, tathāhi-viśiṣṭaparijñānamṛte tadavāptyupāyaparijñānaṁ upāyamantareṇa ca nopeyasya viśiṣṭaparijñānasyāvaptir iti, na ca jñānaṁ jneyasyasvarūpaṁ paricchetum alam, tathāhi -yatkimupalabhyate tasyārvāgmadhyaparabhāgairnetarayoḥ, tenaiva vyavahitatvāt, arvāgbhāgasyā'pi bhāgatrayakalpanāt tatsarvārātīyabhāgaparikalpanayā paramāṇuparyavasānatā, paramāṇośca svabhāvaviprakṛṣṭatvādarvāgdarśanīnāṁ nopalabdhir iti, tadevam sarvajñasyābhāvādasarvajñasya ca yathāvasthitavastusvarūpāparicchedāt sarvavādināṁ ca parasparavirodhena padārthasvarūpābhyupagamāt yathottaraparijñānināṁ pramādavatāṁ bahutaradoṣasambhavād ajñānameva śreyaḥ, *op. cit.*, Vol. I, fol 215, 6 on Sū. 1.12 2.