Madhyamakaśāstra · Chapter 10

10 Agnīndhanaparīkṣā daśamaṃ prakaraṇam /
yadindhanaṃ sa cedagnirekatvaṃ kartṛkarmaṇoḥ /
anyaścedindhanādagnirindhanādapyṛte bhavet

nityapradīpta eva syādapradīpanahetukaḥ /
punarārambhavaiyarthyamevaṃ cākarmakaḥ sati

paratra nirapekṣatvādapradīpanahetukaḥ /
punarārambhavaiyarthyaṃ nityadīptaḥ prasajyate

tatraitasmādidhyamānamindhanaṃ bhavatīti cet /
kenedhyatāmindhanaṃ tattāvanmātramidaṃ yadā

anyo na prāpsyate 'prāpto na dhakṣyatyadahan punaḥ /
na nirvāsyatyanirvāṇaḥ sthāsyate vā svaliṅgavān

anya evendhanādagnirindhanaṃ prāpnuyādyadi /
strī saṃprāpnoti puruṣaṃ puruṣaśca striyaṃ yathā

anya evendhanādagnirindhanaṃ kāmamāpnuyāt /
agnīndhane yadi syātāmanyonyena tiraskṛte

yadīndhanamapekṣyāgnirapekṣyāgniṃ yadīndhanam /
kataratpūrvaniṣpannaṃ yadapekṣyāgnirindhanam

yadīndhanamapekṣyāgniragneḥ siddhasya sādhanam /
evaṃ satīndhanaṃ cāpi bhaviṣyati niragnikam

yo 'pekṣya sidhyate bhāvastamevāpekṣya sidhyati /
yadi yo 'pekṣitavyaḥ sa sidhyatāṃ kamapekṣya kaḥ

yo 'pekṣya sidhyate bhāvaḥ so 'siddho 'pekṣate katham /
athāpyapekṣate siddhastvapekṣāsya na yujyate

apekṣyendhanamagnirna nānapekṣyāgnirindhanam /
apekṣyendhanamagniṃ na nānapekṣyāgnimindhanam

āgacchatyanyato nāgnirindhane 'gnirna vidyate /
atrendhane śeṣamuktaṃ gamyamānagatāgataiḥ

indhanaṃ punaragnirna nāgniranyatra cendhanāt /
nāgnirindhanavānnāgnāvindhanāni na teṣu saḥ

agnīndhanābhyāṃ vyākhyāta ātmopādānayoḥ kramaḥ /
sarvo niravaśeṣeṇa sārdhaṃ ghaṭapaṭādibhiḥ

ātmanaśca satattvaṃ ye bhāvānāṃ ca pṛthakpṛthak /
nirdiśanti na tānmanye śāsanasyārthakovidān