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Verse 7
The absolutist view is in contradiction with the sources of valid knowledge:
त्वन्मतामृतबाह्यानां सर्वथैकान्तवादिनाम् ।
आप्ताभिमानदग्धानां स्वेष्टं दृष्टेन बाध्यते ॥७॥ सामान्यार्थ - जिन्होंने आपके मत-रूपी अमृत - अनेकान्त शासन द्वारा प्रतिपादित वस्तु-तत्त्व - का स्वाद नहीं लिया है, जो सर्वथा एकान्तवादी हैं,
और जो 'हम आप्त हैं' इस प्रकार के अभिमान से दग्ध हैं, उनका जो इष्ट तत्त्व है उसमें प्रत्यक्ष प्रमाण से बाधा आती है।
Those who are unfamiliar with your nectar-like doctrine and adopt absolutist (ekānta) views are the victims of conceit as they erroneously claim themselves to be Omniscient and trustworthy. What they seek to establish is contradicted by the direct (pratyaksa) sources of knowledge.
Ācārya Samantabhadra's Svayambhūstotra:
एकान्तदृष्टिप्रतिषेधि तत्त्वं प्रमाणसिद्धं तदतत्स्वभावम् । त्वया प्रणीतं सुविधे स्वधाम्ना नैतत्समालीढपदं त्वदन्यैः ॥
(9-1-41) O Lord Suvidhinātha ! With the light of your omniscience you had promulgated the nature of reality in a manner which contradicts the absolutistic point of view, wellfounded, and incorporates the principle of predication involving both the affirmation and the negation, depending on the point of view. Others have not been able to view the nature of reality in such light.
Jain, Vijay K. (2015), “Ācārya Samantabhadra's Svayambhūstotra”, p. 58.
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