yadi prameyāṇy apekṣya pramāṇāni sidhyanti nedānīṃ pramāṇāny apekṣya prameyāṇi sidhyanti | kiṃ kāraṇam |
na hi sādhyaṃ sādhanaṃ sādhayati sādhanāni ca kila prameyāṇāṃ pramāṇāni |
此偈明何義 若所量覺待量而成 是則以量成彼所量 何以故
所成非成所量
gal te tshad ma rnams ni gźal bar bya ba rnams la ltos nas so źe na | de tshad ma rnams la ltos nas gźal bar bya ba ma grub par mi ’gyur ro || ci’i phyir źe na |
bsgrub par bya ba ni sgrub par byed pa sgrub par mi byed la | tshad ma rnams kyis sgrub par byed pa yaṅ gźal bya rnams yin no źes grag go ||
If the pramāṇas are established in relation to the prameyas, then the prameyas are not established in relation to the pramāṇas. - Why? -
Because the object to be established does not establish the instrument by which it is established. The pramāṇas, however, it is said, are the instruments by which the prameyas are established.