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BOOK I: THE PRINCIPLE OF KNOWLEDGE
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engrossed into the principle (tattva) of knowledge, obtains the glory which without the slightest agitation shines motionlessly forth from the jewel-lamp spontaneously flashing with ebullient radiance (sphurjajjyotih is here the first member of a compound. A “jewel-lamp," a fabulous lamp in which a jewel is used for a light)”. (PS Kalash 5)
“Having thus ascertained without doubt and as it is, the principle of knowledge whose substratum is the soul, and for this purpose desiring to know the principle of the knowable, with a view to its tranquillity, it considers all objects from the point of view of quality, substance and modification, in order that the sprout of infatuation may never again manifest itself.” (PS Kalash 6)
Here ends, in the Lamp of Truth, a commentary on the Essence of the Scripture, composed by Amrtacandra-Suri, the first scriptural book, called the Teaching of the Principle concerning Knowledge.
