Prasannapada · Chapter 13

lakṣaṇātpūrvamalakṣaṇo bhāvo nāstītyuktam | tataśca asati asaṃvidyamāne alakṣaṇe lakṣaṇarahite bhāve kuha idānīṃ lakṣaṇaṃpravartatāmiti nāsti lakṣaṇapravṛttiḥ

api ca | idaṃ lakṣaṇaṃ pravartamānaṃ salakṣaṇe vā pravarteta alakṣaṇe vā? ubhayathā ca nopapadyata ityāha-
nālakṣaṇe lakṣaṇasya pravṛttirna salakṣaṇe |
salakṣaṇālakṣaṇābhyāṃ nāpyanyatra pravartate

tatra alakṣaṇe kharaviṣāṇavanna lakṣaṇapravṛttiḥ | salakṣaṇe 'pi bhāve na lakṣaṇapravṛttirūpapadyate prayojanābhāvāt | kiṃ hi lakṣaṇavataḥ prasiddhasya bhāvasya punarlakṣaṇakṛtyaṃ syāt? ityanavasthā atiprasaṅgaścaivaṃ syāt | na hyasau kadācinna salakṣaṇaḥ syāditi sadaiva lakṣaṇapravṛttiḥ prasajyeta | na caitadiṣṭam | tasmātsalakṣaṇe 'pi bhāve na lakṣaṇapravṛttiparupadyate prayojanābhāvāt | tatraivaṃ syāt- salakṣaṇālakṣaṇābhyāmanyatra pravartiṣyata iti | ucyate-
salakṣaṇālakṣaṇābhyāṃ nāpyanyatra pravartate |
kiṃ kāraṇam? asadbhāvāt | yadi salakṣaṇo nālakṣaṇaḥ, athālakṣaṇo na salakṣaṇaḥ | ataḥ salakṣaṇaśca alakṣaṇaśceti vipratiṣiddhametat | na ca vipratiṣiddhaṃ saṃbhavati | tasmādasaṃbhavādeva salakṣaṇe cālakṣaṇe ca lakṣaṇapravṛttirnopapadyate iti

athāpi syāt- yadyapi na lakṣaṇapravṛttiḥ, tathāpi lakṣyamastīti etadapi nāsti | yasmāt-
lakṣaṇāsaṃpravṛttau ca na lakṣyamupapadyate |
yadā lakṣaṇapravṛttireva nāsti tadā kathaṃ lakṣyaṃ syāt? naiva saṃbhavatītyabhiprāyaḥ |
atrāha- lakṣaṇapravṛttistvayā niṣiddhā na tu lakṣaṇam, tataśca vidyate lakṣyam, lakṣaṇa sadbhāvāt | ucyate-
lakṣyasyānupapattau ca lakṣaṇasyāpyasaṃbhavaḥ

lakṣaṇāsaṃpravṛttau ca na lakṣyamupapadyate iti pratipāditam | tadā
lakṣyasyānupapattau ca lakṣaṇasyāpyasaṃbhavaḥ |
nirāśrayatvāt

yadā caivaṃ lakṣaṇaṃ nāsti, tadā lakṣaṇasadbhāvādvidyate lakṣyamiti yaduktaṃ tanna yataścaitadevam-
tasmānna vidyate lakṣyaṃ lakṣaṇaṃ naiva vidyate |
iti nigamanam ||
atrāha- yadyāpi lakṣyalakṣaṇe na staḥ, tathā (pyā)kāśamasti, bhāvarūpaṃ ca bhavadākāśa lakṣyaṃ lakṣaṇaṃ vā syāt | tasmāllakṣyalakṣaṇe api ṣṭa iti | etadapyayuktamityāha-
lakṣyalakṣaṇanirmukto naiva bhāvo 'pi vidyate

lakṣyalakṣaṇe yathā na staḥ, tathoktaṃ prāk | yadā anayorabhāvaḥ, tadā lakṣyalakṣaṇarahitatvādākāśakusumavannāstyākāśam

yadyākāśaṃ bhāvo na bhavati, abhāvastarhi astu? etadapi nāsti | yasmāt-
avidyamāne bhāve ca kasyābhāvo bhaviṣyati |
yadā ākāśaṃ bhāvo na bhavati, tadā bhāvasyāsattve kasyābhāvaḥ kalpyatām? vakṣyati hi-
bhāvasya cedaprasiddhirabhāvo naiva sidhyati |
bhāvasya hyanyathābhāvamabhāvaṃ bruvate janāḥ || iti |
tasmād bhāvābhāvādabhāvo 'pyākāśaṃ na saṃbhavati | rūpābhāvaścākāśamiti vyavasthāpyate | yadyapi rūpaṃ syāttadā rūpābhāva ākāśamiti syāt | yadā ca yathoktena nyāyena rūpameva nāsti, tadā kasyābhāva ākāśaṃ syāt?
atrāha- vidyete eva bhāvābhāvau, tatparīkṣakasadbhāvāt | asti ca bhavān bhāvābhāvayoḥ parīkṣakaḥ, ya evāha-
avidyamāne bhāve ca kasyābhāvo bhaviṣyati |
iti | tasmād bhavato bhāvābhāvaparīkṣakasya sadbhāvāt parīkṣyāvapi bhāvābhāvau vidyete iti | ucyate | etadapyayuktam | yasmāt-
bhāvābhāvavidharmā ca bhāvābhāvamavaiti kaḥ

syātāṃ bhāvābhāvau yadi, tadā tayoḥ parīkṣako bhāvo va syādabhāvo vā | yadi bhāva iṣyate, tasya
lakṣyalakṣaṇanirmukto naiva bhāvo 'pi vidyate |
ityuktaṃ dūṣaṇam | atha abhāvaḥ,
avidyamāne bhāve ca kasyābhāvo bhaviṣyati |
ityatroktametadduṣaṇam | na ca bhāvābhāvavisadṛśadharmā kaścit tṛtīyaḥ padārtho 'sti, yo 'nayoravagamaka iti nāsti bhāvābhāvayoḥ parīkṣakaḥ | ata evoktaṃ bhagavatā-
bhāvānabhāvāniti yaḥ prajānati sa sarvabhāveṣu na jātu sajjate |
yaḥ sarvabhāveṣu na jātu sajjate sa ānimittaṃ bhajate samādhim || iti |
tathā-
yo 'pi ca cintayi śūnyakadharmān so 'pi kumārgapapannaku balaḥ |
akṣara kīrtita śūnyaka dharmāḥ te ca anakṣara akṣara uktāḥ ||
śānta paśānta ya cintayi dharmān so 'pi ca cinta na jātu na bhūtaḥ |
cittavitarkaṇa sarvi papañcāḥ sūkṣma acintiya budhyatha dharmān ||
iti vistaraḥ

idānīṃ pratipāditamarthaṃ nigamayannāha-
tasmānna bhāvo nābhāvo na lakṣyaṃ nāpi lakṣaṇam |
ākāśam
iti | yathā cākāśam, evam-
ākāśasamā dhātavaḥ pañca ye pare

pṛthivyādidhātavo ye pañca pare 'vaśiṣyante, te 'pi ākāśavad bhāvābhāvalakṣyalakṣaṇaparikalpasvarūparahitāḥ parijñeyā ityarthaḥ

tadevaṃ padārthānāṃ svabhāve vyavasthite avidyātimiropahatamatinayanatayā anādisaṃsārābhyastatayā bhāvābhāvādiviparītadarśanā nirvāṇānugāmyaviparītanaiḥsvabhāvyadarśanasanmārgaparibhraṣṭāḥ
astitvaṃ ye tu paśyanti nāstitvaṃ cālpabuddhayaḥ |
bhāvānāṃ te na paśyanti draṣṭavyopaśamaṃ śivam

draṣṭavyopaśamaṃ śivalakṣaṇaṃ sarvakalpanājālarahitaṃ jñānajñeyanivṛttisvabhāvaṃ śivaṃ paramārthasvabhāvam | paramārthamajaramamaramaprapañcaṃ nirvāṇaṃ śūnyatāsvabhāvaṃ te na paśyanti mandabuddhitayā astitvaṃ nāstitvaṃ cābhiniviṣṭāḥ santa iti | yathoktamāryaratnāvalyām-
nāstiko durgatiṃ yāti sugatiṃ yātyanāstikaḥ |
yathābhūtaparijñānānmokṣamadvayaniśritaḥ || iti ||
āryasamādhirāje coktaṃ bhagavatā-
astīti nāstīti ume 'pi antā śuddhī aśuddhīti ime 'pi antā |
tasmādume anta vivarjayitvā madhye 'pi sthānaṃ na karoti paṇḍitaḥ ||
astīti nāstīti vivāda eṣaḥ śuddhī aśuddhīti ayaṃ vivādaḥ |
vivādaprāptyā na dukhaṃ praśāmyate avivādaprāptyā ca duḥkhaṃ nirudhyate || iti |
tasmādasaṃbhava eva yatsāṃsārikeṇa mārgeṇa nirvāṇamadhigamyata iti