Madhyamakaśāstra · Chapter 24

24 Āryasatyaparīkṣā caturviṃśatitamaṃ prakaraṇam /
yadi śūnyamidaṃ sarvamudayo nāsti na vyayaḥ /
caturṇāmāryasatyānāmabhāvaste prasajyate

parijñā ca prahāṇaṃ ca bhāvanā sākṣikarma ca /
caturṇāmāryasatyānāmabhāvānnopapadyate

tadabhāvānna vidyante catvāryāryaphalāni ca /
phalābhāve phalasthā no na santi pratipannakāḥ

saṃgho nāsti na cetsanti te 'ṣṭau puruṣapudgalāḥ /
abhāvāccāryasatyānāṃ saddharmo 'pi na vidyate

dharme cāsati saṃghe ca kathaṃ buddho bhaviṣyati /
evaṃ trīṇyapi ratnāni brūvāṇaḥ pratibādhase

śūnyatāṃ phalasadbhāvamadharmaṃ dharmameva ca /
sarvasaṃvyavahārāṃśca laukikān pratibādhase

atra brūmaḥ śūnyatāyāṃ na tvaṃ vetsi prayojanam /
śūnyatāṃ śūnyatārthaṃ ca tata evaṃ vihanyase

dve satye samupāśritya buddhānāṃ dharmadeśanā /
lokasaṃvṛtisatyaṃ ca satyaṃ ca paramārthataḥ

ye 'nayorna vijānanti vibhāgaṃ satyayordvayoḥ /
te tattvaṃ na vijānanti gambhīraṃ buddhaśāsane

vyavahāramanāśritya paramārtho na deśyate /
paramārthamanāgamya nirvāṇaṃ nādhigamyate

vināśayati durdṛṣṭā śūnyatā mandamedhasam /
sarpo yathā durgṛhīto vidyā vā duṣprasādhitā

ataśca pratyudāvṛttaṃ cittaṃ deśayituṃ muneḥ /
dharmaṃ matvāsya dharmasya mandairduravagāhatām

śūnyatāyāmadhilayaṃ yaṃ punaḥ kurute bhavān /
doṣaprasaṅgo nāsmākaṃ sa śūnye nopapadyate

sarvaṃ ca yujyate tasya śūnyatā yasya yujyate /
sarvaṃ na yujyate tasya śūnyaṃ yasya na yujyate

sa tvaṃ doṣānātmanīnānasmāsu paripātayan /
aśvamevābhirūḍhaḥ sannaśvamevāsi vismṛtaḥ

svabhāvādyadi bhāvānāṃ sadbhāvamanupaśyasi /
ahetupratyayān bhāvāṃstvamevaṃ sati paśyasi

kāryaṃ ca kāraṇaṃ caiva kartāraṃ karaṇaṃ kriyām /
utpādaṃ ca nirodhaṃ ca phalaṃ ca pratibādhase

yaḥ pratītyasamutpādaḥ śūnyatāṃ tāṃ pracakṣmahe /
sā prajñaptirupādāya pratipatsaiva madhyamā

apratītya samutpanno dharmaḥ kaścinna vidyate /
yasmāttasmādaśūnyo hi dharmaḥ kaścinna vidyate

yadyaśūnyamidaṃ sarvamudayo nāsti na vyayaḥ /
caturṇāmāryasatyānāmabhāvaste prasajyate

apratītya samutpannaṃ kuto duḥkhaṃ bhaviṣyati /
anityamuktaṃ duḥkhaṃ hi tatsvābhāvye na vidyate

svabhāvato vidyamānaṃ kiṃ punaḥ samudeṣyate /
tasmātsamudayo nāsti śūnyatāṃ pratibādhataḥ

na nirodhaḥ svabhāvena sato duḥkhasya vidyate /
svabhāvaparyavasthānānnirodhaṃ pratibādhase

svābhāvye sati mārgasya bhāvanā nopapadyate /
athāsau bhāvyate mārgaḥ svābhāvyaṃ te na vidyate

yadā duḥkhaṃ samudayo nirodhaśca na vidyate /
mārgo duḥkhanirodhatvāt katamaḥ prāpayiṣyati

svabhāvenāparijñānaṃ yadi tasya punaḥ katham /
parijñānaṃ nanu kila svabhāvaḥ samavasthitaḥ

prahāṇasākṣātkaraṇe bhāvanā caivameva te /
parijñāvanna yujyante catvāryapi phalāni ca

svabhāvenānadhigataṃ yatphalaṃ tatpunaḥ katham /
śakyaṃ samadhigantuṃ syātsvabhāvaṃ parigṛhṇataḥ

phalābhāve phalasthā no na santi pratipannakāḥ /
saṃgho nāsti na cetsanti te 'ṣṭau puruṣapudgalāḥ

abhāvāccāryasatyānāṃ saddharmo 'pi na vidyate /
dharme cāsati saṃghe ca kathaṃ buddho bhaviṣyati

apratītyāpi bodhiṃ ca tava buddhaḥ prasajyate /
apratītyāpi buddhaṃ ca tava bodhiḥ prasajyate

yaścābuddhaḥ svabhāvena sa bodhāya ghaṭannapi /
na bodhisattvacaryāyāṃ bodhiṃ te 'dhigamiṣyati

na ca dharmamadharmaṃ vā kaścijjātu kariṣyati /
kimaśūnyasya kartavyaṃ svabhāvaḥ kriyate na hi

vinā dharmamadharmaṃ ca phalaṃ hi tava vidyate /
dharmādharmanimittaṃ ca phalaṃ tava na vidyate

dharmādharmanimittaṃ vā yadi te vidyate phalam /
dharmādharmasamutpannamaśūnyaṃ te kathaṃ phalam

sarvasaṃvyavahārāṃśca laukikān pratibādhase /
yatpratītyasamutpādaśūnyatāṃ pratibādhase

na kartavyaṃ bhavetkiṃcidanārabdhā bhavetkriyā /
kārakaḥ syādakurvāṇaḥ śūnyatāṃ pratibādhataḥ

ajātamaniruddhaṃ ca kūṭasthaṃ ca bhaviṣyati /
vicitrābhiravasthābhiḥ svabhāve rahitaṃ jagat

asaṃprāptasya ca prāptirduḥkhaparyantakarma ca /
sarvakleśaprahāṇaṃ ca yadyaśūnyaṃ na vidyate

yaḥ pratītyasamutpādaṃ paśyatīdaṃ sa paśyati /
duḥkhaṃ samudayaṃ caiva nirodhaṃ mārgameva ca