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Madhyamakaśāstra · Chapter 4

4 Skandhaparīkṣā caturthaṃ prakaraṇam /
rūpakāraṇanirmuktaṃ na rūpamupalabhyate /
rūpeṇāpi na nirmuktaṃ dṛśyate rūpakāraṇam

4.2

rūpakāraṇanirmukte rūpe rūpaṃ prasajyate /
āhetukaṃ, na cāstyarthaḥ kaścidāhetukaḥ kvacit

4.3

rūpeṇa tu vinirmuktaṃ yadi syādrūpakāraṇam /
akāryakaṃ kāraṇaṃ syāt nāstyakāryaṃ ca kāraṇam

4.4

rūpe satyeva rūpasya kāraṇaṃ nopapadyate /
rūpe 'satyeva rūpasya kāraṇaṃ nopapadyate

4.5

niṣkāraṇaṃ punā rūpaṃ naiva naivopapadyate /
tasmāt rūpagatān kāṃścinna vikalpān vikalpayet

4.6

na kāraṇasya sadṛśaṃ kāryamityupapadyate /
na kāraṇasyāsadṛśaṃ kāryamityupapadyate

4.7

vedanācittasaṃjñānāṃ saṃskārāṇāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ /
sarveṣāmeva bhāvānāṃ rūpeṇaiva samaḥ kramaḥ

4.8

vigrahe yaḥ parīhāraṃ kṛte śūnyatayā vadet /
sarvaṃ tasyāparihṛtaṃ samaṃ sādhyena jāyate

4.9

vyākhyāne ya upālambhaṃ kṛte śūnyatayā vadet /
sarvaṃ tasyānupālabdhaṃ samaṃ sādhyena jāyate

Original text: Madhyamakaśāstra · Edition: P. L. Vaidya: Madhyamakaśāstra of Nāgārjuna. Darbhanga: Mithila Institute, 1960. · Data entry members of the Digital Sanskrit Buddhist Canon Input Project · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0