Madhyamakaśāstra · Chapter 3

3 cakṣurādīndriyaparīkṣā tṛtīyaṃ prakaraṇam /
darśanaṃ śravaṇaṃ ghrāṇaṃ rasanaṃ sparśanaṃ manaḥ /
indriyāṇi ṣaḍeteṣāṃ draṣṭavyādīni gocaraḥ

svamātmānaṃ darśanaṃ hi tattameva na paśyati /
na paśyati yadātmānaṃ kathaṃ drakṣyati tatparān

na paryāpto 'gnidṛṣṭānto darśanasya prasiddhaye /
sadarśanaḥ sa pratyukto gamyamānagatāgataiḥ

nāpaśyamānaṃ bhavati yadā kiṃcana darśanam /
darśanaṃ paśyatītyevaṃ kathametattu yujyate

paśyati darśanaṃ naiva naiva paśyatyadarśanam /
vyākhyāto darśanenaiva draṣṭā cāpyupagamyatām

tiraskṛtya draṣṭā nāstyatiraskṛtya ca darśanam /
draṣṭavyaṃ darśanaṃ caiva draṣṭaryasati te kutaḥ

pratītya mātāpitarau yathoktaḥ putrasaṃbhavaḥ /
cakṣūrūpe pratītyaivamukto vijñānasaṃbhavaḥ

draṣṭavyadarśanābhāvādvijñānādicatuṣṭayam /
nāstīti upādānādīni bhaviṣyanti punaḥ katham

vyākhyātaṃ śravaṇaṃ ghrāṇaṃ rasanaṃ sparśanaṃ manaḥ /
darśanenaiva jānīyācchrotṛśrotavyakādi ca