Mūlamadhyamakakārikā · Chapter 10

yad indhanaṃ sa ced agnir ekatvaṃ kartṛkarmaṇoḥ /
anyaś ced indhanād agnir indhanād apy ṛte bhavet

nityapradīpta eva syād apradīpanahetukaḥ /
punarārambhavaiyarthyam evaṃ cākarmakaḥ sati

paratra nirapekṣatvād apradīpanahetukaḥ /
punarārambhavaiyarthyaṃ nityadīptaḥ prasajyate

tatraitat syād idhyamānam indhanaṃ bhavatīti cet /
kenedhyatām indhanaṃ tat tāvanmātram idaṃ yadā

anyo na prāpsyate 'prapto na dhakṣyaty adahan punaḥ /
na nirvāsyaty anirvāṇaḥ sthāsyate vā svaliṅgavān

anya evandhanād agnir indhanaṃ prāpnuyād yadi /
strī saṃprāpnoti puruṣaṃ puruṣaś ca striyaṃ yathā

anya evendhanād agnir indhanaṃ kāmam āpnuyāt /
agnīndhane yadi syātām anyonyena tiraskṛte

yadīndhanam apekṣyāgnir apekṣyāgniṃ yadīndhanam /
katarat pūrvaniṣpannaṃ yad apekṣyāgnir indhanam

yadīndhanam apekṣyāgnir agneḥ siddhasya sādhanam /
evaṃ satīndhanaṃ cāpi bhaviṣyati niragnikam

yo 'pekṣya sidhyate bhāvas tam evāpekṣya sidhyati /
yadi yo 'pekṣitavyaḥ sa sidhyatāṃ kam apekṣya kaḥ

yo 'pekṣya sidhyate bhāvaḥ so 'siddho 'pekṣate katham /
athāpy apekṣate siddhas tv apekṣāsya na yujyate

apekṣyendhanam agnir na nānapekṣyāgnir indhanam /
apekṣyendhanam agniṃ na nānapekṣyāgnim indhanam

āgacchaty anyato nāgnir indhane 'gnir na vidyate /
atrendhane śeṣam uktaṃ gamyamānagatāgataiḥ

indhanaṃ punar agnir na nāgnir anyatra cendhanāt /
nāgnir indhanavān nāgnāv indhanāni na teṣu saḥ

agnīndhanābhyāṃ vyākhyāta ātmopādānayoḥ kramaḥ /
sarvo niravaśeṣeṇa sārdhaṃ ghaṭapaṭādibhiḥ

ātmanaś ca satattvaṃ ye bhāvānāṃ ca pṛthak pṛthak /
nirdiśanti na tān manye śāsanasyārthakovidān