Madhyamakaśāstra · Chapter 21

21 Saṃbhavavibhavaparīkṣā ekaviṃśatitamaṃ prakaraṇam /
vinā vā saha vā nāsti vibhavaḥ saṃbhavena vai /
vinā vā saha vā nāsti saṃbhavo vibhavena vai

bhaviṣyati kathaṃ nāma vibhavaḥ saṃbhavaṃ vinā /
vinaiva janma maraṇaṃ vibhavo nodbhavaṃ vinā

saṃbhavenaiva vibhavaḥ kathaṃ saha bhaviṣyati /
na janmamaraṇaṃ caivaṃ tulyakālaṃ hi vidyate

bhaviṣyati kathaṃ nāma saṃbhavo vibhavaṃ vinā /
anityatā hi bhāveṣu na kadācinna vidyate

saṃbhavo vibhavenaiva kathaṃ saha bhaviṣyati /
na janmamaraṇaṃ caiva tulyakālaṃ hi vidyate

sahānyonyena vā siddhirvinānyonyena vā yayoḥ /
na vidyate, tayoḥ siddhiḥ kathaṃ nu khalu vidyate

kṣayasya saṃbhavo nāsti nākṣayasyāpi saṃbhavaḥ /
kṣayasya vibhavo nāsti vibhavo nākṣayasya ca

saṃbhavo vibhavaścaiva vinā bhāvaṃ na vidyate /
saṃbhavaṃ vibhavaṃ caiva vinā bhāvo na vidyate

saṃbhavo vibhavaścaiva na śūnyasyopapadyate /
saṃbhavo vibhavaścaiva nāśūnyasyopapadyate

saṃbhavo vibhavaścaiva naika ityupapadyate /
saṃbhavo vibhavaścaiva na nānetyupapadyate

dṛśyate saṃbhavaścaiva vibhavaścaiva te bhavet /
dṛśyate saṃbhavaścaiva mohādvibhava eva ca

na bhāvājjāyate bhāvo bhāvo 'bhāvānna jāyate /
nābhāvājjāyate 'bhāvo 'bhāvo bhāvānna jāyate

na svato jāyate bhāvaḥ parato naiva jāyate /
na svataḥ parataścaiva jāyate, jāyate kutaḥ

bhāvamabhyupapannasya śāśvatocchedadarśanam /
prasajyate sa bhāvo hi nityo 'nityo 'tha vā bhavet

bhāvamabhyupapannasya naivocchedo na śāśvatam /
udayavyayasaṃtānaḥphalahetvorbhavaḥ sa hi

udayavyayasaṃtānaḥ phalahetvorbhavaḥ sa cet /
vyayasyāpunarutpatterhetūcchedaḥ prasajyate

sadbhāvasya svabhāvena nāsadbhāvaśca yujyate /
nirvāṇakāle cocchedaḥ praśamādbhavasaṃtateḥ

carame na niruddhe ca prathamo yujyate bhavaḥ /
carame nāniruddhe ca prathamo yujyate bhavaḥ

nirudhyamāne carame prathamo yadi jāyate /
nirudhyamāna ekaḥ syājjāyamāno 'paro bhavet

na cennirudhyamānaśca jāyamānaśca yujyate /
sārdhaṃ ca mriyate yeṣu teṣu skandheṣu jāyate

evaṃ triṣvapi kāleṣu na yuktā bhavasaṃtatiḥ /
triṣu kāleṣu yā nāsti sā kathaṃ bhavasaṃtatiḥ