Mūlamadhyamakakārikā · Chapter 5

nākāśaṃ vidyate kiṃcit pūrvam ākāśalakṣaṇāt /
alakṣaṇaṃ prasajyeta syāt pūrvaṃ yadi lakṣaṇāt

alakṣaṇo na kaścic ca bhāvaḥ saṃvidyate kva cit /
asaty alakṣaṇe bhāve kramatāṃ kuha lakṣaṇam

nālakṣaṇe lakṣaṇasya pravṛttir na salakṣaṇe /
salakṣaṇālakṣaṇābhyāṃ nāpy anyatra pravartate

lakṣaṇāsaṃpravṛttau ca na lakṣyam upapadyate /
lakṣyasyānupapattau ca lakṣaṇasyāpy asaṃbhavaḥ

tasmān na vidyate lakṣyaṃ lakṣaṇaṃ naiva vidyate /
lakṣyalakṣaṇanirmukto naiva bhāvo 'pi vidyate

avidyamāne bhāve ca kasyābhāvo bhaviṣyati /
bhāvābhāvavidharmā ca bhāvābhāvāv avaiti 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