Madhyamakaśāstra · Chapter 1

Nāgārjuna kṛta madhyamakaśāstram / (Mś)
1 pratyayaparīkṣā nāma prathamaṃ prakaraṇam
anirodhamanutpādamanucchedamaśāśvatam /
anekārthamanānārthamanāgamamanirgamam

yaḥ pratītyasamutpādaṃ prapañcopaśamaṃ śivam /
deśayāmāsa saṃbuddhastaṃ vande vadatāṃ varam

na svato nāpi parato na dvābhyāṃ nāpyahetutaḥ /
utpannā jātu vidyante bhāvāḥ kkacana kecana

catvāraḥ pratyayā hetuścālambanamanantaram /
tathaivādhipateyaṃ ca pratyayo nāsti pañcamaḥ

na hi svabhāvo bhāvānāṃ pratyayādiṣu vidyate /
avidyamāne svabhāve parabhāvo na vidyate

kriyā na pratyayavatī nāpratyayavatī kriyā /
pratyayā nākriyāvantaḥ kriyāvantaśca santyuta

utpadyate pratītyemānitīme pratyayāḥ kila /
yāvannotpadyata ime tāvannāpratyayāḥ katham

naivāsato naiva sataḥ pratyayo 'rthasya yujyate /
asataḥ pratyayaḥ kasya sataśca pratyayena kim

na sannāsanna sadasan dharmo nirvartate yadā /
kathaṃ nirvartako heturevaṃ sati hi yujyate

anālambana evāyaṃ san dharma upadiśyate /
athānālambane dharme kuta ālambanaṃ punaḥ

anutpanneṣu dharmeṣu nirodho nopapadyate /
nānantaramato yuktaṃ niruddhe pratyayaśca kaḥ

bhāvānāṃ niḥsvabhāvānāṃ na sattā vidyate yataḥ /
satīdamasmin bhavatītyetannaivopapadyate

na ca vyastasamasteṣu pratyayeṣvasti tatphalam /
pratyayebhyaḥ kathaṃ tacca bhavenna pratyayeṣu yat

athāsadapi tattebhyaḥ pratyayebhyaḥ pravartate /
apratyayebhyo 'pi kasmātphalaṃ nābhipravartate

phalaṃ ca pratyayamayaṃ pratyayāścāsvayaṃmayāḥ /
phalamasvamayebhyo yattatpratyayamayaṃ katham

tasmānna pratyayamayaṃ nāpratyayamayaṃ phalam /
saṃvidyate phalābhāvātpratyayāpratyayāḥ kutaḥ