Prakaraṇapañcikā with Nārāyaṇabhaṭṭa's Nyāyasiddhi (with commentary) · Chapter 18

apūrvādhikaraṇai [mī. da. 2. 1. 2] liṅādyartho 'pūrvamityuktam /
pramāṇāntarāyogyañcāpūrvamiṣyate /
yacca pramāṇāntarāyogyam, tatra sambandhagrahaṇamaśakyam, sambandhigrahaṇapūrvakatvāttasya /
viśiṣṭārthavyavahāradarśanena hi tadviṣayā śabdaśaktiranumīyate, tadeva ca sambandhagrahaṇam /
yacca na pratīyate, na tadviṣayo vyavahāro 'vasīyate /
tadanavasāye ca, na tadviṣayā buddhiranumīyate /
tadananumāne ca kutaśśabdasya śaktiḥ kalpyate /
apūrvañca na pramāṇāntaragocaraḥ /
na ca śabdādeva tadavagamya, sambandhāvadhāraṇam, itaretarāśrayaprasaṅgāt1219 /
avasitaśakteravabodhakatvāt /
avabodhakatvādeva śaktyavagamāt /
syānmatam /
liṅādeśśabdasyāyaṃ mahimā, yadanavasitaśaktirapi svārthamavagamayatīti /
tadidamapramāṇam1220 /
kriyāmātrāvabodhakatvāṅgīkāreṇa liṅāderlokato vyutpattisambhave, śabdāntaravailakṣaṇyenāgṛhītasambandhasyaiva vācakatvakalpanānupapatteḥ /
vedavākyādapūrvakāryāvagaterevaṃ kalpyata iti cet /
na /
tasyā evāsiddhatvāt, kriyaiva kāryatayā vedavākyebhyo 'vagamyata iti, vyutpattibalenāprāmāṇikaṃ manorathamātravijṛmbhitantvapūrvaṃ kāryaṃ pratīyate--iti /
tasmādagṛhītasambandho liṅādiḥ kathamapūrvaṃ kāryamabhidhatte, tathā ca kathaṃ 1221tadvākyārthaḥ /
abhidheya eva 1222hyartho bhavati vākyārthaḥ

evañca---
śabdāntarāṇyapi kathaṃ tenādṛṣṭena kutracid /
vadiṣyantyanvitaṃ svārthaṃ vyutpattipathadūragam