Prasannapada · Chapter 12

vyākhyānakāle 'pi yaḥ śiṣyadeśīyaścodyamupālambhaṃ kuryāt, tasyāpi taccodyamupālambhākhyaṃ pūrvavatsādhyasamaṃ veditavyam | yathoktam-
bhāvasyaikasya yo draṣṭā draṣṭā sarvasya sa smṛtaḥ |
ekasya śūnyatā yaiva saiva sarvasya śūnyatā || iti |
āryagaganagañjasamādhisūtre 'pi-
ekena dharmeṇa tu sarvadharmān anugacchate māyamarīcisādṛśān |
agrāhyatucchānalikānaśāśvatān so bodhimaṇḍaṃ nacireṇa gacchati || iti ||
samādhirājasūtre 'pi-
yatha ñāta tayātmasaṃjña tathaiva sarvatra peṣitā buddhiḥ |
sarve ca tatsvabhāvā dharma viśuddhā gaganakalpāḥ ||
ekena sarvaṃ jānāti sarvamekena paśyati |
kiyadbahu pi bhāvetvā na tasyotpadyate madaḥ || iti |
ityācāryacandrakīrtipādoparacittāyāṃ prasannapadāyāṃ madhyamakavṛttau skandhaparīkṣā nāma caturtha prakaraṇam ||
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dhātuparīkṣā pañcamaṃ prakaraṇam ||
atrāha- dhātavaḥ santi pratiṣedhābhāvāt | uktaṃ ca bhagavatā- ṣaḍdhāturayaṃ mahārāja puruṣapudgala ityādi | tataśca pravacanapāṭhāddhātuvatskandhāyatanānyeva santīti | ucyate | syuḥ skandhāyatanāni yadi dhātava eva syuḥ | kathamityāha-
nākāśaṃ vidyate kiṃcitpūrvamākāśalakṣaṇāt |
alakṣaṇaṃ prasajyeta syātpūrvaṃ yadi lakṣaṇāt

tatra ṣaḍ dhātava uktāḥ pṛthivyaptejovāyvākāśavijñānākhyāḥ | tatrākāśamadhikṛtyocyate dūṣaṇaṃ svarūpanirūpaṇāt | ihākāśasyānāvaraṇaṃ lakṣaṇamucyate | yad yasmātpūrvamākāśamanāvaraṇa lakṣaṇāllakṣyaṃ syāt, tatra lakṣaṇapravartanādanāvaraṇalakṣaṇātpūrvaṃ nākāśaṃ lakṣyarūpamiti | yadā caivam-
nākāśaṃ vidyate kiṃcitpūrvamākāśalakṣaṇāt |
alakṣaṇaṃ prasajyeta syātpūrvaṃ yadi lakṣaṇāt ||
tathāhi alakṣaṇaṃ pravartatām | tadabhāve khapuṣpavannāstyākāśamityāha-
alakṣaṇo na kaścicca bhāvaḥ saṃvidyate kvacit |
iti | atrāha- lakṣaṇapravṛttirlakṣye bhavet, tatsadbhāvāllakṣyamapyastīti | etadapi nāsti | yasmāt-
asatyalakṣaṇe bhāve kramatāṃ kuha lakṣaṇam