Madhyamakaśāstra · Chapter 5

5 Dhātuparīkṣā pañcamaṃ prakaraṇam /
nākāśaṃ vidyate kiṃcitpūrvamākāśalakṣaṇāt /
alakṣaṇaṃ prasajyeta syātpūrvaṃ yadi lakṣaṇāt

alakṣaṇo na kaścicca bhāvaḥ saṃvidyate kkacit /
asatyalakṣaṇe bhāve kramatāṃ kuha lakṣaṇam

nālakṣaṇe lakṣaṇasya pravṛttirna salakṣaṇe /
salakṣaṇālakṣaṇābhyāṃ nāpyanyatra pravartate

lakṣaṇāsaṃpravṛttau ca na lakṣyamupapadyate /
lakṣyasyānupapattau ca lakṣaṇasyāpyasaṃbhavaḥ

tasmānna vidyate lakṣyaṃ lakṣaṇaṃ naiva vidyate /
lakṣyalakṣaṇanirmukto naiva bhāvo 'pi vidyate

avidyamāne bhāve ca kasyābhāvo bhaviṣyati /
bhāvābhāvavidharmā ca bhāvābhāvamavaiti kaḥ

tasmānna bhāvo nābhāvo na lakṣyaṃ nāpi lakṣaṇam /
ākāśam ākāśasamā dhātavaḥ pañca ye pare

astitvaṃ ye tu paśyanti nāstitvaṃ cālpabuddhayaḥ /
bhāvānāṃ te na paśyanti draṣṭavyopaśamaṃ śivam