Madhyamakaśāstra · Chapter 7

7 Saṃskṛtaparīkṣā saptamaṃ prakaraṇam /
yadi saṃskṛta utpādastatra yuktā trilakṣaṇī /
athāsaṃskṛta utpādaḥ kathaṃ saṃskṛtalakṣaṇam

utpādādyāstrayo vyastā nālaṃ lakṣaṇakarmaṇi /
saṃskṛtasya samastāḥ syurekatra kathamekadā

utpādasthitibhaṅgānāmanyatsaṃskṛtalakṣaṇam /
asti cedanavasthaivaṃ nāsti cette na saṃskṛtāḥ

utpādotpāda utpādo mūlotpādasya kevalam /
utpādotpādamutpādo maulo janayate punaḥ

utpādotpāda utpādo mūlotpādasya te yadi /
maulenājanitastaṃ te sa kathaṃ janayiṣyati

sa te maulena janito maulaṃ janayate yadi /
maulaḥ sa tenājanitastamutpādayate katham

ayamutpadyamānaste kāmamutpādayedimam /
yadīmamutpādayitumajātaḥ śaknuyādayam

pradīpaḥ svaparātmānau saṃprakāśayitā yathā /
utpādaḥ svaparātmānāvubhāvutpādayettathā

pradīpe nāndhakāro 'sti yatra cāsau pratiṣṭhitaḥ /
kiṃ prakāśayati dīpaḥ prakāśo hi tamovadhaḥ

kathamutpadyamānena pradīpena tamo hatam /
notpadyamāno hi tamaḥ pradīpaḥ prāpnute yadā

aprāpyaiva pradīpena yadi vā nihataṃ tamaḥ /
ihasthaḥ sarvalokasthaṃ sa tamo nihaniṣyati

pradīpaḥ svaparātmānau saṃprakāśayate yadi /
tamo 'pi svaparātmānau chādayiṣyatyasaṃśayam

anutpanno 'yamutpādaḥ svātmānaṃ janayetkatham /
athotpanno janayate jāte kiṃ janyate punaḥ

notpadyamānaṃ notpannaṃ nānutpannaṃ kathaṃcana /
utpadyate tathākhyātaṃ gamyamānagatāgataiḥ

utpadyamānamutpattāvidaṃ na kramate yadā /
kathamutpadyamānaṃ tu pratītyotpattimucyate

pratītya yadyadbhavati tattacchāntaṃ svabhāvataḥ /
tasmādutpadyamānaṃ ca śāntamutpattireva ca

yadi kaścidanutpanno bhāvaḥ saṃvidyate kvacit /
utpadyeta sa kiṃ tasmin bhāva utpadyate 'sati

utpadyamānamutpādo yadi cotpādayatyayam /
utpādayettamutpādamutpādaḥ katamaḥ punaḥ

anya utpādatyenaṃ yadyutpādo 'navasthitiḥ /
athānutpāda utpannaḥ sarvamutpadyate tathā

sataśca tāvadutpattirasataśca na yujyate /
na sataścāsataśceti pūrvamevopapāditam

nirudhyamānasyotpattirna bhāvasyopapadyate /
yaścānirudhyamānastu sa bhāvo nopapadyate

na sthitabhāvastiṣṭhatyasthitabhāvo na tiṣṭhati /
na tiṣṭhati tiṣṭhamānaḥ ko 'nutpannaśca tiṣṭhati

sthitirnirudhyamānasya na bhāvasyopapadyate /
yaścānirudhyamānastu sa bhāvo nopapadyate

jarāmaraṇadharmeṣu sarvabhāveṣu sarvadā /
tiṣṭhanti katame bhāvā ye jarāmaraṇaṃ vinā

sthityānyayā sthiteḥ sthānaṃ tayaiva ca na yujyate /
utpādasya yathotpādo nātmanā na parātmanā

nirudhyate nāniruddhaṃ na niruddhaṃ nirudhyate /
tathāpi nirudhyamānaṃ kimajātaṃ nirudhyate

sthitasya tāvadbhāvasya nirodho nopapadyate /
nāsthitasyāpi bhāvasya nirodha upapadyate

tayaivāvasthayāvasthā na hi saiva nirudhyate /
anyayāvasthayāvasthā na cānyaiva nirudhyate

yadaivaṃ sarvadharmāṇāmutpādo nopapadyate /
tadaivaṃ sarvadharmāṇāṃ nirodho nopapadyate

sataśca tāvadbhāvasya nirodho nopapadyate /
ekatve na hi bhāvaśca nābhāvaścopapadyate

asato 'pi na bhāvasya nirodha upapadyate /
na dvitīyasya śirasacchedanaṃ vidyate yathā

na svātmanā nirodho 'sti nirodho na parātmanā /
utpādasya yathotpādo nātmanā na parātmanā

utpādasthitibhaṅgānāmasiddhernāsti saṃskṛtam /
saṃskṛtasyāprasiddhau ca kathaṃ setsyatyasaṃskṛtam

yathā māyā yathā svapno gandharvanagaraṃ yathā /
tathotpādastathā sthānaṃ tathā bhaṅga udāhṛtam