Madhyamakaśāstra · Chapter 15

15 Svabhāvaparīkṣā pañcadaśamaṃ prakaraṇam /
na saṃbhavaḥ svabhāvasya yuktaḥ pratyayahetubhiḥ /
hetupratyayasaṃbhūtaḥ svabhāvaḥ kṛtako bhavet

svabhāvaḥ kṛtako nāma bhaviṣyati punaḥ katham /
akṛtrimaḥ svabhāvo hi nirapekṣaḥ paratra ca

kutaḥ svabhāvasyābhāve parabhāvo bhaviṣyati /
svabhāvaḥ parabhāvasya parabhāvo hi kathyate

svabhāvaparabhāvābhyāmṛte bhāvaḥ kutaḥ punaḥ /
svabhāve parabhāve vā sati bhāvo hi sidhyati

bhāvasya cedaprasiddhirabhāvo naiva sidhyati /
bhāvasya hyanyathābhāvamabhāvaṃ bruvate janāḥ

svabhāvaṃ parabhāvaṃ ca bhāvaṃ cābhāvameva ca /
ye paśyanti na paśyanti te tattvaṃ buddhaśāsane

kātyāyanāvavāde cāstīti nāstīti cobhayam /
pratiṣiddhaṃ bhagavatā bhāvābhāvavibhāvinā

yadyastitvaṃ prakṛtyā syānna bhavedasya nāstitā /
prakṛteranyathābhāvo na hi jātūpapadyate

prakṛtau kasya cāsatyāmanyathātvaṃ bhaviṣyati /
prakṛtau kasya ca satyāmanyathātvaṃ bhaviṣyati

astīti śāśvatagrāho nāstītyucchedadarśanam /
tasmādastitvanāstitve nāśrīyeta vicakṣaṇaḥ

asti yaddhi svabhāvena na tannāstīti śāśvatam /
nāstīdānīmabhūtpūrvamityucchedaḥ prasajyate