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Īśvarapratyabhijñākārikā with Vṛtti · Chapter 1.3

1.3.1

satyaṃ kiṃ tu smṛtijñānaṃ pūrvānubhavasaṃskṛteḥ
jātam apy ātmaniṣṭhaṃ tan nādyānubhavavedakam //

1.3.2

dṛksvābhāsaiva nānyena vedyā rūpadṛśeva dṛk
rase saṃskārajatvaṃ tu tattulyatvaṃ na tadgatiḥ //

1.3.3

athātadviṣayatve 'pi smṛtes tadavasāyataḥ
dṛṣṭālambanatā bhrāntyā tad etad asamañjasam //

1.3.4

smṛtitaiva kathaṃ tāvad bhrānteś cārthasthitiḥ katham
pūrvānubhavasaṃkārā -pekṣā ca kim itīṣyate //

1.3.5

bhrāntitve cāvasāyasya na jaḍād viṣayasthitiḥ
tato 'jāḍye nijollekha niṣṭhān nārthasthitis tataḥ //

1.3.6

evam anyonyabhinnānām aparasparavedinām
jñānānām anusaṃdhāna janmā naśyej janasthitiḥ //

1.3.7

na ced antaḥkṛtānanta viśvarūpo maheśvaraḥ
syād ekaś cidvapur jñāna smṛtyapohanaśaktimān //

Original text: Īśvarapratyabhijñākārikā with Vṛtti · Edition: Madhusudan Kaul Shastri, Srinagar 1921. (Kashmir Series of Texts and Studies ; 34); Revised according to the edition by Raffaele Torella, Roma 1994 (Serie Orientale Roma ; 71) · Data entry Somadeva Vasudeva · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0