Brahmasūtra2 with Śaṃkara's Śārīrakamīmāṃsābhāṣya and Govindānanda's Ratnaprabhāvyākhyā (with commentary) · Chapter 31

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racanānupapatteś ca nānumānaṃ | BBs_2,2.1 |
yadyapīdaṃ vedāntavākyānāmaidaṃparyaṃ nirūpayituṃ śāstraṃ pravṛttaṃ na tarkśāstravat devalābhir yuktibhiḥ kaṃcit siddhāntaṃ sādhayituṃ dūṣayituṃ vā pravṛttam /
tathāpi vedāntavākyam api vyācakṣāṇaiḥ samyagdarśanapratipakṣabhūtāni sāṃkhyādidarśanāni nirākaraṇīyāṇīti tadarthaḥ paraḥ pādaḥ pravartate /
vedāntārthanirṇayasya ca samyagdarśanārthatvāt tannirṇayena svapakṣasthāpanaṃ prathamaṃ kṛtaṃ taddyabhyarhitaṃ parapakṣapratyākhyānād iti /
nanu mumukṣūṇāṃ mokṣasādhanatvena samyagdarśananirūpaṇāya svapakṣasthāpanam eva kevalaṃ kartuṃ yuktaṃ kiṃ parapakṣanirākaraṇena paradveṣakareṇa /
bāḍham evam /
tathāpi mahājanaparigṛhītāni mahānti sāṃkhyāditantrāṇi samyagdarśanāpadeśena pravṛttānyupalabhya bhavet keṣāṃcin mandamatīnām etāny api samyagdarśanāyopadeyānītyapekṣā /
tathā yuktagāḍhatvasaṃbhavena sarvajñabhāṣitatvācca śraddhā ca teṣvityatastadasāratopapādanāya prayatyate /
nanu 'īkṣaternāśabdam' (bra,sū. 1.1.5), 'kāmācca nānumānāpekṣā' (bra,sū. 1.1.18) 'etena sarve vyākhyātā vyākhyātāḥ' (bra,sū. 1.4.28) iti ca pūrvatrāpi sāṃkhyādipakṣapratikṣepaḥ kṛtaḥ, kiṃ punaḥ kṛtakaraṇeneti /
taducyate- sāṃkhyādayaḥ svapakṣasthāpanāya vedāntavākyānyapyudāhṛtya svapakṣānuguṇenaiva yojayanto vyācakṣate, teṣāṃ yadvyākhyānaṃ tadvyākhyanābhāsaṃ na samyagvyakhyānamityetāvatpūrvaṃ kṛtam /
iha tu vākyanirapekṣaḥ svatantrastadyuktipratiṣedhaḥ kriyata ityeṣa viśeṣaḥ /
tatra sāṃkhyā manyante- yathā ghaṭaśarāvādayo bhedā mṛdātmanānvīyamānā mṛdātmakasāmānyapūrvakā loke dṛṣṭāḥ, tathā sarva eva bāhyādhyātmikā bhedāḥ sukhaduḥkhamohātmatayānvīyamānāḥ sukhaduḥkhamohātmakasāmānyapūrvikā bhavitumarhanti /
yattatsukhaduḥkhamohātmakaṃ sāmānyaṃ tatttriguṇaṃ pradhānaṃ mṛdvadacetanaṃ cetanasya puruṣārthaṃ sādhayituṃ svabhāvenaiva vicitreṇa vikārātmanā vivartata iti /
tathā pariṇāmādibhirapi liṅgaistadeva pradhānamanuminute /
tatra vadāmaḥ - yadi dṛṣṭāntabalenaivaitannirūpyeta, nācetanaṃ loke cetanānadhiṣṭhitaṃ svatantraṃ kiñcidviśiṣṭapuruṣārthanirvartanasamarthānvikārānviracayaddṛṣṭam /
gehaprāsādaśayanāsanavihārabhūmyādayo hi loke prajñāvadbhiḥ śilpibhiryathākālaṃ sukhaduḥkhaprāptiparihārayogyā racitā dṛśyante /
tathedaṃ jagadakhilaṃ pṛthivyādi nānākarmaphalopabhogayogyaṃ bāhyam, ādhyatmikaṃ ca śarīrādi nānājātyanvitaṃ pratiniyatāvayavavinyāsamanekakarmaphalānubhavādhiṣṭhānaṃ dṛśyamānaṃ prajñāvadbhiḥ saṃbhāvitatamaiḥ śilpibhirmanasāpyālocayitumaśakyaṃ sat kathamacetanaṃ pradhānaṃ racayet /
loṣṭapāṣāṇādiṣvadṛṣṭatvāt /
mṛdādiṣvapi kumabhakārādyadhiṣṭhiteṣu viśiṣṭākārā racanā dṛśyate tadvatpradhānasyāpi cetanāntarādiṣṭhitatvaprasaṅgaḥ /
naca mṛdādyupādānasvarūpavyapāśrayeṇaiva dharmeṇa mūlakāraṇamavadhāraṇīyaṃ na bāhyakumbhakārādivyapāśrayeṇeti kiñcinniyāmakamasti /
nacaivaṃ sati kiñcidvirudhyate, pratyuta śrutiranugṛhyate cetanakāraṇasamarpaṇāt /
ato racanānupapatteśca hetornācetanaṃ jagatkāraṇamanumantavyaṃ bhavati /
anvayādyanupapatteśceti caśabdena hetorasiddhiṃ samuccinoti /
nahi bāhyādhyātmikānāṃ bhedānāṃ sukhaduḥkhamohātmakatayānvaya upapadyate, sukhādīnāṃ cāntaratvapratīteḥ, śabdādīnāṃ cātadrūpatvapratīteḥ /
tannimittatvapratīteśca /
śabdādyaviśeṣe 'pi ca bhāvanāviśeṣātsukhādiviśeṣopalabdheḥ /
tathā parimitānāṃ bhedānāṃ mūlāṅ kurādīnāṃ saṃsargapūrvakatvaṃ dṛṣṭvā bāhyādhyātmikānāṃ bhedānāṃ parimitatvātsaṃsargapūrvakatvamanumimānasya sattvarajastamasāmapi saṃsargapīrvakatvaprasaṅgaḥ parimitatvaviśeṣāt /
kāryakāraṇabhāvastu prekṣāpūrvakanirmitānāṃ śayanāsanādīnāṃ dṛṣṭa iti na kāryakāraṇabhāvādbāhyādhyātmikānāṃ bhedānāmacetanapūrvakatvaṃ śakyaṃ kalpayitum