Verses on the Recognition of the Lord· 2.1 / 11

Verses on the Recognition of the Lord2.1

2.1
ननु स्वलक्षणाभासं ज्ञानम् एकं परं पुनः साभिलापं विकल्पाख्यं बहुधा नापि तद् द्वयम् ॥१॥
nanu svalakṣaṇābhāsaṃ jñānam ekaṃ paraṃ punaḥ sābhilāpaṃ vikalpākhyaṃ bahudhā nāpi tad dvayam
— surely, now (introducing an objection) ; — appearing as a bare particular (the unique self-characterized) ; — cognition ; — is one (kind) ; — the other (kind) ; — again, on the other hand ; — accompanied by verbalization, determinate ; — called conceptual construction (vikalpa) ; — manifold, of many sorts ; — not ; — even, moreover ; — it (cognition) ; — a duality (subject and object)

(Objection:) Surely cognition is of one kind, appearing as a bare particular; the other kind, called conceptual construction, is accompanied by verbalization and is manifold; and even so, that cognition is not a duality of subject and object.