Prasannapada · Chapter 2

tatra 'na svato nāpi parato na dvābhyām'; ityādi vakṣyamāṇaṃ śāstram | tasya kāni saṃbandhābhidhānaprayojanāni iti praśne, madhyamakāvatāravihitavidhinā advayajñānālaṃkṛtaṃ mahākaruṇopāyapuraḥsaraṃ prathamacittotpādaṃ tathāgatajñānotpattihetumādiṃ kṛtvā yāvadācāryanāgārjunasya viditāviparītaprajñāpāramitānīteḥ karuṇayā parāvabodhārthaṃ śāstrapraṇayanam, ityeṣa tāvacchāstrasya saṃbandhaḥ-
yacchāsti vaḥ kleśaripūnaśeṣānsaṃtrāyate durgatito bhavācca |
tacchāsanāttrāṇaguṇācca śāstrametadvayaṃ cānyamateṣu nāsti ||
iti | svayameva cācāryo vakṣyamāṇasakalaśāstrābhidheyārtha saprayojanamupadarśayan, tadaviparītasaṃprakāśatvena māhātmyamudbhāvya tatsvabhāvāvyatirekavartine paramagurave tathāgatāya śāstrapraṇayananimittakaṃ praṇāmaṃ kartukāma āha-
anirodhamanutpādamanucchedamaśāśvatam |
anekārthamanānārthamanāgamamanirgamam ||
yaḥ pratītyasamutpādam
ityādi | tadatrānirodhādyaṣṭaviśeṣaṇaviśiṣṭaḥ pratītyasamutpādaḥ śāstrābhidheyārthaḥ | sarvaprapañcopaśamaśivalakṣaṇaṃ nirvāṇaṃ śāstrasya prayojanaṃ nirdiṣṭam |
taṃ vande vadatāṃ varam |
ityanena praṇāmaḥ | ityeṣa tāvacchokadvayasya samudāyārthaḥ ||
avayavārthastu vibhajyate | tatra niruddhirnirodhaḥ | kṣaṇabhaṅgo nirodha ityucyate | utpādanamutpādaḥ | ātmabhāvonmajjanamityarthaḥ | ucchittirucchedaḥ | prabandhavicchittirityarthaḥ | śāśvato nityaḥ | sarvakāle sthāṇurityarthaḥ | ekaścāsāvarthaścetyekārtho 'bhinnārthaḥ | na pṛthagityarthaḥ | nānārtho bhinnārthaḥ | pṛthagityarthaḥ | āgatirāgamaḥ, viprakṛṣṭadeśāvasthitānāṃ saṃnikṛṣṭadeśāgamanam | nirgatirnirgamaḥ, saṃnikṛṣṭadeśāvasthitānāṃ viprakṛṣṭadeśagamanam | etirgatyarthaḥ, pratiḥ prāptyarthaḥ | upasargavaśena dhātvarthavipariṇāmāt-
upasargeṇa dhātvartho balādanyatra nīyate |
gaṅgāsalilamādhuryaṃ sāgareṇa yathāmbhasā ||
pratītyaśabdo 'tra lyabantaḥ prāptāvapekṣāyāṃ vartate | samutpūrvaḥ padiḥ prādurbhāvārtha iti samutpādaśabdaḥ prādurbhāve vartate | tataśca hetupratyayāpekṣo bhāvānāmutpādaḥ pratītyasamutpādārthaḥ ||
apare tu bruvate- itirgamanaṃ vināśaḥ | itau sādhava ityāḥ | pratirvīpsārthaḥ | ityevaṃ taddhitāntamityaśabdaṃ vyutpādya prati prati ityānāṃ vināśināṃ samutpāda iti varṇayanti | teṣāṃ "pratītyasamutpādaṃ vo bhikṣavo deśayiṣyāmi", "yaḥ pratītyasamutpādaṃ paśyati sa dharma paśyati" ityevamādau viṣaye vīpsārthasya saṃbhavāt samāsasadbhāvācca syājjyāyasī vyutpattiḥ | iha tu "cakṣuḥ pratītya rūpāṇi ca utpadyate cakṣurvijñānam" ityevamādau viṣaye sākṣādaṅgīkṛtārthaviśeṣe cakṣuḥ pratītyeti pratītyaśabda ekacakṣurindriyahetukāyāmapyekavijñānotpattāvabhīṣṭāyāṃ kuto vīpsārthatā? prāptyarthastvanaṅgīkṛtārthaviśeṣe 'pi pratītyaśabde saṃbhavati- prāpya saṃbhavaḥ, pratītya samutpāda iti | aṅgīkṛtārthaviśeṣe 'pi saṃbhavati- cakṣuḥ pratītya, cakṣuḥ prāpya, cakṣū rūpaṃ cāpekṣyeti vyākhyānāt | taddhitānte cetyaśabde "cakṣuḥ pratītya rūpāṇi ca utpadyate cakṣurvijñānam" ityatra pratītyaśabdasyāvyayatvābhāvāt samāsāsadbhāvācca vibhaktiśrutau satyāṃ cakṣuḥ pratītya vijñānaṃ rūpāṇi ca iti nipātaḥ syāt | na caitadevam | ityavyayasyaiva lyabantasya vyutpattirabhyupeyā |
yastu- "vīpsārthatvātpratyupasargasya, eteḥ prāptyarthatvāt, samutpādaśabdasya ca saṃbhavārtha tvāt, tāṃstān pratyayān pratītya samutpādaḥ prāpya saṃbhava ityeke | prati prati vināśināmutpādaḥ pratītyasamutpāda ityanye"- iti paravyākhyānamanūdya dūṣaṇamabhidhatte, tasya parapakṣānuvādākauśalatvameva tāvatsaṃbhāvyate | kiṃ kāraṇam? yo hi prāptyarthaṃ pratītyaśabdaṃ vyācaṣṭe, nāsau pratiṃ vīpsārthaṃ vyācaṣṭe, nāpyetiṃ prāptyartham, kiṃ tarhi pratiṃ prāptyartham, samuditaṃ ca pratītyaśabdaṃ prāptāveva varṇayati ||
tena idānīṃ prāpya saṃbhavaḥ pratītyasamutpāda ityevaṃ vyutpāditena pratītyasamutpādaśabdena yadi niravaśeṣasaṃbhavipadārthaparāmarśo vivakṣitaḥ, tadā tāṃ tāṃ hetupratyayasāmagrīṃ prāpya saṃbhava pratītya samutpāda iti vīpsāsaṃbandhaḥ kriyate | atha viśeṣaparāmarśaḥ, tadā cakṣuḥ prāpya rūpāṇi ceti na vīpsāyāḥ saṃbandha iti || evaṃ tāvadanuvādākauśalamācāryasya ||
etadvā ayuktam | kiṃ ca | ayuktametat "cakṣuḥ pratītya rūpāṇi ca utpadyate cakṣurvijñānam" iti, atrārthadvayāsaṃbhavāt iti yaduktaṃ dūṣaṇam, tadapi nopapadyate | kiṃ kāraṇam? kathamanenaiva tatprāpteḥ saṃbhava iti yuktyanupādānena pratijñāmātratvāt | athāyamabhiprāyaḥ syāt arūpitvādvijñānasya cakṣuṣā prāptirnāsti, rūpiṇāmeva tatprāptidarśanāditi, etadapi na yuktam, 'prāptaphalo 'yaṃ bhikṣuḥ'; ityatrāpi prāptyabhyupagamāt | prāpyaśabdasya ca apekṣyaśabdaparyāyatvāt |
prāptyarthasyaiva ācāryāryanāgārjunena pratītyaśabdasya
tattatprāpya yadutpannaṃ notpannaṃ tatsvabhāvataḥ |
ityabhyupagamāt | tato dūṣaṇamapi nopapadyate ityapare ||
yaccāpi svamataṃ vyavasthāpitam- "kiṃ tarhi, asmin sati idaṃ bhavati, asyotpādādidamutpadyate, iti idaṃpratyayatārthaḥ pratītyasamutpādārtha iti", tadapi nopapadyate, pratītyasamutpādaśabdayoḥ pratyekamarthaviśeṣānabhidhānāt, tadvyutpādasya ca vivakṣitatvāt ||
athāpi rūḍhiśabdaṃ pratītyasamutpādaśabdamabhyupetya araṇyetilakādivadevamucyate, tadapi nopapannam, avayavārthānugatasyaiva pratītyasamutpādasya ācāryeṇa
tattatprāpya yadutpannaṃ notpannaṃ tatsvabhāvataḥ |
ityabhyupagamāt | atha
asminsatīdaṃ bhavati hrasve dīrghaṃ yathā sati |
iti vyākhyāyamānena nanu tadevābhyupagataṃ bhavati, hrasvaṃ pratītya, hrasvaṃ prāpya, hrasvamapekṣya dīrghaṃ bhavatīti | tataśca yadeva dūṣyate tadevābhyupagamyate iti na yujyate | ityalaṃ prasaṅgena ||
tadevaṃ hetupratyayāpekṣaṃ bhāvānāmutpādaṃ paridīpayatā bhagavatā ahetvekahetuviṣamahetusaṃbhūtatvaṃ svaparobhayakṛtatvaṃ ca bhāvānāṃ niṣiddhaṃ bhavati, tanniṣedhācca sāṃvṛtānāṃ padārthānāṃ yathāvasthitaṃ sāṃvṛtaṃ svarūpamudbhāvitaṃ bhavati | sa evedānīṃ sāṃvṛtaḥ pratītyasamutpādaḥ svabhāvenānutpannatvād āryajñānāpekṣayā nāsminnirodho vidyate yāvannāsminnirgamo vidyate ityanirodhādibhiraṣṭābhirviśe ṣaṇairviśiṣyate | yathā ca nirodhādayo na santi pratītyasamutpādasya tathā sakalaśāstreṇa pratipādayiṣyati ||

anantaviśeṣaṇasaṃbhave 'pi pratītyasamutpādasya aṣṭānāmevopādānameṣāṃ prādhānyena vivādāṅgabhūtatvāt | yathāvasthitapratītyasamutpādadarśane sati āryāṇāmabhidheyādilakṣaṇasya prapañcasya sarvathoparamāt, prapañcānāmupaśamo 'sminniti sa eva pratītyasamutpādaḥ prapaḥcopaśama ityucyate | cittacaittānāṃ ca tasminnapravṛttau jḥānajḥeyavyavahāranivṛttau jātijarāmaraṇādiniravaśeṣopadravarahitatvāt śivaḥ | yathābhihitaviśeṣaṇasya pratītyasamutpādasya deśanākriyayā īpsitatamatvāt karmaṇā nirdeśaḥ ||
anirodhamanutpādamanucchedamaśāśvatam |
anekārthamanānārthamanāgamamanirgamam

yaḥ pratītyasamutpādaṃ prapañcopaśamaṃ śivam |
deśayāmāsa saṃbuddhastaṃ vande vadatāṃ varam

yathopavarṇitapratītyasamutpādāvagamācca tathāgatasyaivaikasyāviparītārthavāditvaṃ paśyan sarvaparapravādāṃśca bālapralāpānivāvetya atīva prasādānugata ācāryo bhūyo bhagavantaṃ viśeṣayati- vadatāṃ varamiti ||
atra ca nirodhasya pūrvaṃ prativedhaḥ utpādanirodhayoḥ paurvāparyāvasthāyāḥ siddhayabhāvaṃ dyotayitum | vakṣyati hi-
pūrvaṃ jātiryadi bhavejjarāmaraṇamuttaram |
nirjarāmaraṇā jātirbhavejjāyeta cāmṛtaḥ ||
iti | tasmānnāyaṃ niyamo yat pūrvamutpādena bhavitavyaṃ paścānnirodheneti ||
idānīmanirodhādiviśiṣṭapratītyasamutpādapratipipādayiṣayā utpādapratiṣedhena nirodhādi pratiṣedhasaukarya manyamāna ācāryaḥ prathamamevotpādaprativedhamārabhate | utpādo hi paraiḥ parikalpyamānaḥ svato vā parikalpyeta, parataḥ, ubhayataḥ, ahetuto vā parikalpyeta | sarvathā ca nopapadyata iti niścityāha-
na svato nāpi parato na dvābhyāṃ nāpyahetutaḥ |
utpannā jātu vidyante bhāvāḥ kvacana kecana

tatra jātviti kadācidityarthaḥ | kvacanaśabda ādhāravacanaḥ kvacicchabdaparyāyaḥ kecanaśabda ādheyavacanaḥ kecicchabdaparyāyaḥ | tataścaivaṃ saṃbandhaḥ- naiva svata utpannā jātu vidyante bhāvāḥ, kvacana, kecana | evaṃ pratijñātrayamapi yojyam ||
nanu ca- naiva svata utpannā ityavadhāryamāṇe parata utpannā ityaniṣṭaṃ prāpnoti | na prāpnoti prasajyapratiṣedhasya vivakṣitatvāt, parato 'pyutpādasya pratiṣetsyamānatvāt | yayā copapattyā svata utpādo na saṃbhavati, sā-
tasmāddhi tasya bhavane na guṇo 'sti kaścij-
jātasya janma punareva ca naiva yuktam |
ityādinā madhyamakāvatārādidvāreṇāvaseyā ||
ācāryabuddhapālitastvāha- na svata utpadyante bhāvāḥ, tadutpādavaiyarthyāt, atiprasaṅgadoṣācca | na hi svātmanā vidyamānānāṃ padārthānāṃ punarutpāde prayojanamasti | atha sannapi jāyeta, na kadācinna jāyeta iti ||
atraike dūṣaṇamāhuḥ- tadayuktam, hetudṛṣṭāntānabhidhānātparoktadoṣāparihārācca | prasaṅga vākyatvācca prakṛtārthaviparyayeṇa viparītārthasādhyataddharmavyaktau parasmādutpannābhāvājanmasāphalyāt janmaniro(bo?)dhācceti kṛtāntavirodhaḥ syāt ||
sarvametaddūṣaṇamayujyamānaṃ vayaṃ paśyāmaḥ | kathaṃ kṛtvā? tatra yattāvaduktaṃ hetudṛṣṭāntānabhidhānāditi, tadayuktam | kiṃ kāraṇam? yasmātparaḥ svata utpattimabhyupagacchan, pṛcchayate- svata iti hetutvena tadeva cotpadyate iti? na ca vidyamānasya punarutpattau prayojanaṃ paśyāmaḥ, anavasthāṃ ca paśyāmaḥ | na ca tvayā utpannasya punarutpāda iṣyate 'navasthā cāpyaniṣṭeti | tasmānnirupapattika eva tvadvādaḥ svābhyupagamavirodhaśceti | kimiti codite paronābhyupaiti yato hetudṛṣṭāntopādānasāphalyaṃ syāt? atha svābhyupagamavirodhacodanayāpi paro na nivartate, tadā nirlajjatayā hetudṛṣṭāntābhyāmapi naiva nivarteta | na conmattakena sahāsmākaṃ vivāda iti | tasmātsarvathā priyānumānatāmevātmanaḥ ācāryaḥ prakaṭayati asthāne 'pyanumānaṃ praveśayan | na ca mādhyamikasya sataḥ svatantramanumānaṃ kartuṃ yuktaṃ pakṣāntarābhyupagamābhāvāt | tathoktamāryadevena-
sadasatsadasacceti yasya pakṣo na vidyate |
upālambhaścireṇāpi tasya vaktuṃ na śakyate ||
vigrahavyāvartanyāṃ coktam-
yadi kācana pratijñā syānme tata eva me bhaveddoṣaḥ |
nāsti ca mama pratijñā tasmānnaivāsti me doṣaḥ ||
yadi kiṃcidupalameyaṃ pravartayeyaṃ nivartayeyaṃ vā |
pratyakṣādibhirarthaistadabhāvānme 'nupālambhaḥ ||
iti | yadā caivaṃ svatantrānumānānabhidhāyitvaṃ mādhyamikasya, tadā kutaḥ "nādhyātmikānyāyatanāni svata utpannāni" iti svatantrā pratijñā yasyāṃ sāṃkhyāḥ pratyavasthāpyante | ko 'rya pratijñārthaḥ kiṃ kāryātmakatvātsvata uta kāraṇātmakatvāditi | kiṃ cātaḥ? kāryātmakāccet siddha sādhanam, kāraṇātmakāccet viruddhārthatā, kāraṇātmanā vidyamānasyaiva sarvasyotpattimata utpādāditi | kuto 'smākaṃ vidyamānatvāditi heturyasya siddhasādhanaṃ viruddhārthatā vā syāt, yasya siddhasādhanasya yasyāśca viruddhārthatāyāḥ parihārārthaṃ yatnaṃ kariṣyāmaḥ | tasmātparoktadoṣāprasaṅgādeva tatparihāraḥ ācāryabuddhapālitena na varṇanīyaḥ ||
athāpi syāt- mādhyamikānāṃ pakṣahetudṛṣṭāntānāmasiddheḥ svatantrānumānānabhidhāyitvāt svata utpattipratiṣedhapratijñātārthasādhanaṃ mā bhūdubhayasiddhena vānumānena parapratijñānirākaraṇam | parapratijñāyāstu svata evānumānavirodhacodanayā svata eva pakṣahetudṛṣṭāntadoṣarahitaiḥ pakṣādibhirbhavitavyam | tataśca tadanabhidhānāt taddoṣāparihārācca sa eva doṣa iti | ucyate | naitadevam | kiṃ kāraṇam? yasmād yo hi yamarthaṃ pratijānīte, tena svaniścayavadanyeṣāṃ niścayotpādanecchayā yayā upapattyā asāvartho 'dhigataḥ saivopapattiḥ parasmai upadeṣṭavyā | tasmādeṣa tāvannyāyaḥ- yatpareṇaiva svābhyupagatapratijñātārthasādhanamupādeyam | na cāyaṃ (cānena?) paraṃ prati | hetudṛṣṭāntāsaṃbhavāt pratijñānusāratayaiva kevalaṃ svapratijñātārthasādhanamupādatta iti nirupapattikapakṣābhyupagamāt svātmānamevāyaṃ kevalaṃ visaṃvādayan na śaknoti pareṣāṃ niścayamādhātumiti | idamevāsya spaṣṭataraṃ dūṣaṇaṃ yaduta svapratijñātārthasādhanāsāmarthyamiti kimatrānumānabādhodbhāvanayā prayojanam? athāpyavaśyaṃ svato 'numānavirodhadoṣa udbhāvanīyaḥ, so 'pyudbhāvita evācāryabuddhapālitena | kathamiti cet, na svata utpadyante bhāvāḥ, tadutpādavaiyarthyāditi vacanāt, atra hi tadityanena svātmanā vidyamānasya parāmarśaḥ | kasmāditi cet, tathā hi tasya saṃgraheṇoktavākyasyaitadvivaraṇavākyam, na hi svātmanā vidyamānānāṃ punarutpāde prayojanamiti | anena ca vākyena sādhyasādhanadharmānugatasya paraprasiddhasya sādharmyadṛṣṭāntasyopādānam | tatra svātmanā vidyamānasyetyanena hetuparāmarśaḥ | utpādavayarthyādityanena sādhyadharmaparāmarśaḥ || tatra yathā- anityaḥ śabdaḥ kṛtakatvāt | kṛtakatvamanityaṃ ( Pp_7 ) dṛṣṭaṃ yathā ghaṭaḥ | tathā ca kṛtakaḥ śabdaḥ | tasmātkṛtakatvādanitya iti kṛtakatvamatra upanayābhivyakto hetuḥ | evamihāpi- na svata utpadyante bhāvāḥ, svātmanā vidyamānānāṃ punarutpādavaiyarthyāt | iha hi svātmanā vidyamānaṃ puro 'vasthitaṃ ghaṭādikaṃ punarutpādānapekṣaṃ dṛṣṭam, tathā ca mṛtpiṇḍādyavasthāyāmapi yadi svātmanā vidyamānaṃ ghaṭādikamiti manyase, tadāpi tasya svātmanā vidyamānasya nāstyutpāda iti | evaṃ svātmanā vidyamānatvena upanayābhivyaktena punarutpādapratiṣedhāvyabhicāriṇā hetunā svata eva sāṃkhyasyānumānavirodhodbhāvanamanuṣṭhitameveti | tatkimucyate tadayuktaṃ hetudṛṣṭāntānabhidhānāditi?
na ca kevalaṃ hetudṛṣṭāntānabhidhānaṃ na saṃbhavati, paroktadoṣāparihāradoṣo na saṃbhavati | kathaṃ kṛtvā? sāṃkhyā hi naiva abhivyaktarūpasya puro 'vasthitasya ghaṭasya punarabhivyaktimicchanti | tasyaiva ca iha dṛṣṭāntatvenopādānam, siddharūpatvāt | anabhivyaktarūpasya ca śaktirūpāpannasya utpattipratiṣedhaviśiṣṭasādhyatvāt kutaḥ siddhasādhanapakṣadoṣāśaṅkā, kuto vā hetorviruddhārthatāśaṅketi | tasmātsvato 'numānavirodhacodanāyāmapi yathopavarṇitadoṣābhāvātparoktadoṣāparihārāsaṃbhava eva | ityasaṃbaddhamevaitaddūṣaṇamiti vijñeyam ||
ghaṭādikamityādiśabdena niravaśeṣotpitsupadārthasaṃgrahasya vivakṣitatvādanaikāntikatāpi paiṭādibhirnaiva saṃbhavati ||
athavā | ayamanyaḥ prayogamārgaḥ- puruṣavyatiriktāḥ padārthāḥ svata utpattivādinaḥ | tata eva na svata utpadyante | svātmanā vidyamānatvāt | puruṣavat | itīdamudāharaṇamudāhāryam ||

yadyapi ca abhivyaktivādina utpādapratiṣedho na bādhakaḥ, tathāpi abhivyaktāvutpādaśabdaṃ nipātya pūrvaṃ paścācca anupalabdhyupalabdhisādharmyeṇa utpādaśabdenābhivyakterevābhidhānādayaṃ pratiṣedho na abādhakaḥ ||
kathaṃ punarayaṃ yathoktārthābhidhānaṃ vinā vyastavicāro labhyata iti cet, taducyate | atha vākyāni kṛtāni, tāni mahārthatvādyathoditamarthaṃ saṃgṛhya pravṛttāni | tāni ca vyākhyāyamānāni yathoktamarthātmānaṃ prasūyanta iti nātra kiṃcidanupāttaṃ saṃbhāvyate ||
prasaṅgaviparītena cārthena parasyaiva saṃbandho nāsmākam | svapratijñāyā abhāvāt | tataśca siddhāntavirodhāsaṃbhavaḥ | parasya ca yāvadbahavo doṣāḥ prasaṅgaviparītāpattyā āpadyante, tāvadasmābhirabhīṣyata eveti | kuto nu khalu aviparītācāryanāgārjunamatānusāriṇaḥ ācāryabuddhapālitasya sāvakāśavacanābhidhāyitvam, yato 'sya paro 'vakāśaṃ labheta? niḥsvabhāvabhāvavādinā sasvabhāvabhāvavādinaḥ prasaṅge āpa(pā?)dyamāne kutaḥ prasaṅgaviparītārthaprasaṅgitā? na hi śabdāḥ dāṇḍapāśikā iva vaktāramasvatantrayanti, kiṃ tarhi satyāṃ śaktau vakturvivakṣāmanuvidhīyante | tataśca ( Pp_8) parapratijñāpratiṣedhamātraphalatvātprasaṅgāpādanasya nāsti prasaṅgaviparītārthāpattiḥ | tathā ca ācāryo bhūyasā prasaṅgāpattimukhenaiva parapakṣaṃ nirākaroti sma | tadyathā-
nākāśaṃ vidyate kiṃcitpūrvamākāśalakṣaṇāt |
alakṣaṇaṃ prasajyeta syātpūrvaṃ yadi lakṣaṇāt ||
rūpakāraṇanirmukte rūpe rūpaṃ prasajyate |
āhetukaṃ na cāstyarthaḥ kaścidāhetukaḥ kvacit ||
bhāvastāvanna nirvāṇaṃ jarāmaraṇalakṣaṇam |
prasajyetāsti bhāvo hi na jarāmaraṇaṃ vinā ||
ityādinā | atha arthavākyatvādācāryavākyānāṃ mahārthatve sati anekaprayoniṣpattihetutvaṃ parikalpyate, ācāryabuddhapālitavyākhyānānyapi kimiti na tathaiva parikalpyante?
atha syāt- vṛttikārāṇāmeṣa nyāyaḥ, yatprayogavākyavistarābhidhānaṃ kartavyamiti, etadapi nāsti, vigrahavyāvartanyā vṛttiṃ kurvatāpyācāryeṇa prayogavākyānabhidhānāt ||
api ca | ātmanastarkaśāstrātikauśalamātramāviścikīrṣayā aṅgīkṛtamadhyamakadarśanasyāpi yatsvatantraprayogavākyābhidhānaṃ tadatitarāmanekadoṣasamudāyāspadamasya tārkikasyopalakṣyate | kathaṃ kṛtvā? tatra yattāvadevamuktam- atra prayogavākyaṃ bhavati- na paramārthataḥ ādhyātmikānyāyatanāni svata utpannāni, vidyamānatvāt, caitanyavaditi | kimartha punaratra paramārthata iti viśeṣaṇamupādīyate? lokasaṃvṛtyābhyupagatasya utpādasya apratiṣidhyamānatvāt, pratiṣedhe ca abhyupetabādhāprasaṅgāditi cet, naitadyuktam | saṃvṛtyāpi svata utpattyanabhyupagamāt | yathoktaṃ sūtre-
"sa cāyaṃ bījahetuko 'ṅkura utpadyamāno na svayaṃkṛto na parakṛto nobhayakṛto nāpyahetusamutpanno niśvarakālāṇuprakṛtisvabhāvasaṃbhūtaḥ" iti |
tathā-
bījasya sato yathāṅkuro na ca yo bīju sa caiva aṅkuro |
na ca anyu tato na caiva tadevamanucchedaaśāśvatadharmatā ||
ihāpi vakṣyati-
pratītya yadyadbhavati na hi tāvattadeva tat |
na cānyadapi tattasmānnocchinnaṃ nāpi śāśvatam ||
iti ||
paramatāpekṣaṃ viśeṣaṇamiti cet, tadayuktam | saṃvṛtyāpi tadīyavyavasthānabhyupagamāt | satyadvayāviparītadarśanaparibhraṣṭā eva hi tīrthikā yāvadubhayathāpi niṣidhyante tāvad guṇa eva saṃbhāvyata iti | evaṃ paramatāpekṣamapi viśeṣaṇābhidhānaṃ na yujyate ||
na cāpi lokaḥ svatautpattiṃ pratipannaḥ, yatastadapekṣayāpi viśeṣaṇasāphalyaṃ syāt | loko hi svataḥ parata ityevamādikaṃ vicāramanavatārya kāraṇātkāryamutpadyate ityetāvanmātraṃ pratipannaḥ | evamācāryo 'pi vyavasthāpayāmāsa | iti sarvathā viśeṣaṇavaiphalyameva niścīyate ||
api ca | yadi saṃvṛtyā utpattipratiṣedhanirācikīrṣuṇā viśeṣaṇametadupādīyate, tadā svato 'siddhādhāre pakṣadoṣaḥ, āśrayāsiddhau vā hetudoṣaḥ syāt | paramārthataḥ svataścakṣurādyāyatanānāmanabhyupagamāt | saṃvṛtyā cakṣurādisadbhāvādadoṣa iti cet, paramārthata ityetattarhi kasya viśeṣaṇam? sāṃvṛtānāṃ cakṣurādīnāṃ paramārthata utpattipratiṣedhād utpattipratiṣedhaviśeṣaṇe paramārthagrahaṇamiti cet, evaṃ tarhi evameva vaktavyaṃ syāt- sāṃvṛtānāṃ cakṣurādīnāṃ paramārthato nāstyutpattiriti | na caivamucyate | ucyamāne 'pi parairvastusatāmeva cakṣurādīnāmabhyupagamāt, prajñaptisatāmanabhyupagamāt parato 'siddhādhāraḥ pakṣadoṣaḥ syāditi na yuktametat ||
atha syāt- yathā anityaḥ śabda iti dharmadharmisāmānyameva gṛhyate na viśeṣaḥ, viśeṣagrahaṇe hi sati anumānānumeyavyavahārābhāvaḥ syāt | tathā hi- yadi cāturmahābhautikaḥ śabdo gṛhyate, sa parasyāsiddhaḥ | athākāśaguṇo gṛhyate, sa bauddhasya svato 'siddhaḥ | tathā vaiśeṣikasya śabdānityatāṃ pratijānānasya yadi kāryaḥ śabdo gṛhyate, sa parato 'siddhaḥ | atha vyaṅgayaḥ, sa svato 'siddhaḥ | evaṃ yathāsaṃbhavaṃ vināśo 'pi yadi sahetukaḥ, sa bauddhasya svato 'siddhaḥ | atha nirhetukaḥ, sa parasyāsiddha iti | tasmād yathātra dharmadharmisāmānyamātrameva gṛhyate, evamihāpi dharmimātramutsṛṣṭaviśeṣaṇaṃ grahīṣyata iti cet, naitadevam | yasmād yadaivotpādapratiṣedho 'tra sādhyadharmo 'bhipretaḥ, tadaiva dharmiṇastadādhārasya viparyāsamātrāsāditātmabhāvasya pracyutiḥ svayamevānenāṅgīkṛtā | bhinnau hi viparyāsāviparyāsau | tadyadā viparyāsena asatsattvena gṛhyate, taimirikeṇeva keśādi, tadā kutaḥ sadbhūtapadārthaleśasyāpyupalabdhiḥ? yadā ca aviparyāsādabhūtaṃ nādhyāropitaṃ vitaimirikeṇeva keśādi, tadā kuto 'sadbhūtapadārthaleśasyāpyupalabdhiḥ, yena tadānīṃ saṃvṛtiḥ syāt? ata evoktamācāryapādaiḥ-
yadi kiṃcidupalameyaṃ pravartayeyaṃ nivartayeyaṃ vā |
pratyakṣādibhirarthaistadabhāvānme 'nupālambhaḥ || iti ||
yataścaivaṃ bhinnau viparyāsāviparyāsau, ato viduṣāmaviparītāvasthāyāṃ viparītasyāsaṃbhavātkutaḥ sāṃvṛtaṃ cakṣuḥ yasya dharmitvaṃ syāt? iti na vyāvartate 'siddhādhāre pakṣadoṣaḥ, āśrayāsiddho vā hetudoṣaḥ | ityaparihāra evāyam ||
nidarśanasyāpi nāsti sāmyam | tatra hi śabdasāmānyamanityatāsāmānyaṃ ca avivakṣitaviśeṣaṃ dvayorapi saṃvidyate | na tvevaṃ cakṣuḥ sāmānyaṃ śūnyatāśūnyatāvādibhyāṃ saṃvṛtyā aṅgīkṛtaṃ nāpi paramārthataḥ | iti nāsti nidarśanasya sāmyam ||
yaścāyamasiddhādhārapakṣadoṣodbhāvane vidhiḥ, eṣa eva sattvādityasya hetorasiddhārthatodbhāvane 'pi yojyaḥ ||

itthaṃ caitadevam, yatsvayamaṣyanenāyaṃ yathokto 'rtho 'bhyupagatastārkikeṇa | santyevādhyātmikāyatanotpādakā hetvādayaḥ, tathā tathāgatena nirdeśāt | yaddhi yathā tathāgatenāsti nirdiṣṭaṃ tattathā, tadyathā śāntaṃ nirvāṇamiti ||
asya paropakṣiptasya sādhanasyedaṃ dūṣaṇamabhihitamanena- ko hi bhavatāmabhipreto 'tra hetvarthaḥ? saṃvṛtyā tathā tathāgatena nirdeśāt, uta paramārthata iti? saṃvṛtyā cet, svato hetorasiddhārthatā | paramārthataścet,
na sannāsanna sadasaddharmo nirvartate yadā |
sadasadubhayātmakakāryapratyayatvanirākaraṇāt, tadā-
kathaṃ nirvartako heturevaṃ sati hi yujyate ||
naivāsau nirvartako heturiti vākyārthaḥ | tataśca paramārthato nirvartyanirvartakatvāsiddheḥ asiddhārthatā viruddhārthatā vā hetoriti ||
yataścaivaṃ svayamevāmunā nyāyena hetorasiddhiraṅgīkṛtānena, tasmātsarveṣvevānumāneṣu vastu dharmopanyastahetukeṣu svata evaṃ hetvādīnāmasiddhatvāt sarvāṇyeva sādhanāni vyāhanyante | tadyathā- na paramārthataḥ parebhyastatpratyayebhyaḥ ādhyātmikāyatanajanma, paratvāt, tadyathā paṭasya | athavā- na pare paramārthena vivakṣitāḥ cakṣurādyādhyātmikāyatananirvartakāḥ pratyayā iti pratīyante, paratvāt, tadyathā tantvādaya iti | paratvādikamatra svata evāsiddham ||
yathā cānena- utpannā eva ādhyātmikā bhāvāḥ, tadviṣayiviśiṣṭavyavahārakaraṇāt- ityasya parābhihitasya hetorasiddhārthatāmudbhāvayiṣuṇā idamuktam, atha samāhitasya yoginaḥ prajñācakṣuṣā bhāvayāthātmyaṃ paśyataḥ utpādagatyādayaḥ santi paramārthata iti sādhyate, tadā tadviṣayiviśiṣṭavyavahārakaraṇāditi hetorasiddhārthatā, gaterapyutpādaniṣedhādeva niṣedhāditi | evaṃ svakṛtasādhane 'pi paramārthato 'gataṃ naiva gamyate, adhvatvāt, gatādhvavaditi adhvatvahetoḥ svata evāsiddhārthatā yojyā ||
na paramārthataḥ sabhāgaṃ cakṣū rūpaṃ paśyati, cakṣurindriyatvāt, tadyathā tatsabhāgam | tathā- na cakṣuḥ prekṣate rūpam, bhautikatvāt, rūpavat | kharasvabhāvā na mahī, bhūtatvāt, tadyathānirlaḥ, ityādiṣu hetvādyasiddhiḥ svata eva yojyā ||
sattvāditi cāyaṃ hetuḥ parato 'naikāntikaḥ | kiṃ sattvāt caitanyavannādhyātmikānyāyatanāni svata utpadyantām, utāho ghaṭādivat svata utpadyantāmiti ghaṭādīnāṃ sādhyasamatvānnānaikāntikateti cet, naitadevam, tathānabhidhānāt ||
nanu ca yathā parakīyeṣvanumāneṣu dūṣaṇamuktam, evaṃ svānumāneṣvapi yathoktadūṣaṇaprasaṅge sati sa eva asiddhādhārāsiddhahetvādidoṣaḥ prāpnoti, tataśca yaḥ ubhayordoṣaḥ, na tenaikaścodyo bhavatīti sarvametaddūṣaṇamayuktaṃ jāyata iti | ucyate | svatantramanumānaṃ bruvatāmayaṃ doṣo jāyate | na vayaṃ svatantramanumānaṃ prayuñjmamahe parapratijñāniṣedhaphalatvādasmadanumānānām | tathā hi- paraḥ cakṣuḥ paśyatīti pratipannaḥ | sa tatprasiddhenaivānumānena nirākriyate- cakṣuṣaḥ svātmādarśanadharmamicchasi, paradarśanadharmāvinābhāvitvaṃ cāṅgīkṛtam, tasmād yatra yatra svātmādarśanaṃ tatra tatra paradarśanamapi nāsti, tadyathā ghaṭe, asti ca cakṣuṣaḥ svātmādarśanam, tasmāt paradarśanamapyasya naivāsti | tataśca svātmādarśanaviruddhaṃ nīlādiparadarśanaṃ svaprasiddhenaivānumānena virudhyata iti etāvanmātramasmadanūmānairudbhāvyata iti kuto 'smatpakṣe yathoktadoṣāvatāraḥ, yataḥ samānadoṣatā syāt?
kiṃ punaḥ- anyataraprasiddhenāpyanumānenāstyanumānabādhā | asti, sā ca svaprasiddhenaiva hetunā, na paraprasiddhena, lokata evaṃ dṛṣṭatvāt | kadāciddhi loke arthipratyarthibhyāṃ pramāṇīkṛtasya sākṣiṇo vacanena jayo bhavati parājayo vā, kadācit svavacanena | paravacanena tu na jayo nāpi parājayaḥ | yathā ca loke, tathā nyāye 'pi | laukikasyaiva vyavahārasya nyāyaśāstre prastutatvāt | ata eva kaiściduktam- na parataḥ prasiddhibalādanumānabādhā, paraprasiddhereva nirācikīrṣitatvāditi | yastu manyate- ya eva ubhayaniścitavādī, sa pramāṇaṃ dūṣaṇaṃ vā, nānyataraprasiddhasaṃdigdhavācī iti, tenāpi laukikīṃ vyavasthāmanurudhyamānena anumāne yathokta eva nyāyo 'bhyupeyaḥ ||
tathā hi nobhayaprasiddhena vā āgamena bādhā, kiṃ tarhi svaprasiddhenāpi ||
svārthānumāne tu sarvatra svaprasiddhireva garīyasī, nobhayaprasiddhiḥ | ata eva tarkalakṣaṇābhidhānaṃ niṣprayojanam, yathāsvaprasiddhayā upapattyā buddhaistadanabhijñavineyajanānugrahāt | ityalaṃ prasaṅgena | prakṛtameva vyākhyāsyāmaḥ ||
parato 'pi notpadyante bhāvāḥ | parābhāvādeva etacca-
na hi svabhāvo bhāvānāṃ pratyayādiṣu vidyate |
ityatra pratipādayiṣyati | tataśca parābhāvādeva nāpi parata utpadyante | api ca-
anyatpratītya yadi nāma paro 'bhaviṣya-
jjāyeta tarhi bahulaḥ śikhino 'ndhakāraḥ |
sarvasya janma ca bhavetkhalu sarvataśca
tulyaṃ paratvamakhile 'janake 'pi yasmāt ||
ityādinā [madhyamakāvatārāt] parata utpattipratiṣedho 'vaseyaḥ ||
ācāryabuddhapālitastu vyācaṣṭe- na parata utpadyante bhāvāḥ, sarvataḥ sarvasaṃbhavaprasaṅgāt ācāryabhāvaviveko dūṣaṇamāha- tadatra prasaṅgavākyatvāt sādhyasādhanaviparyayaṃ kṛtvā, svataḥ ubhayataḥ ahetuto vā utpadyante bhāvāḥ, kutaścitkasyacidutpatteḥ, iti prākpakṣavirodhaḥ | anyathā sarvataḥ sarvasaṃbhavaprasaṅgāt ityasya sādhanadūṣaṇānantaḥpātitvādasaṃgatārthametat [iti] | etadapyasaṃgatārtham | pūrvameva pratipāditatvād dūṣaṇāntaḥpātitvācca parapratijñātārthadūṣaṇeneti yatkiṃcidetaditi na punaryatna āsthīyate ||
dvābhyāmapi nopajāyante bhāvāḥ, ubhayapakṣābhihitadoṣaprasaṅgāt pratyekamutpādāsāmarthyācca | vakṣyati hi-
syādubhābhyāṃ kṛtaṃ duḥkhaṃ syādekaikakṛtaṃ yadi | iti ||
ahetuto 'pi notpadyante-
hetāvasati kāryaṃ ca kāraṇaṃ ca na vidyate |
iti vakṣyamāṇadoṣaprasaṅgāt,
gṛhyeta naiva ca jagadyadi hetuśūnyaṃ
syādyadvadeva gaganotpalavarṇagandhau ||
ityādidoṣaprasaṅgācca ||
ācāryabuddhapālitastvāha- ahetuto notpadyante bhāvāḥ, sadā ca sarvataśca sarvasaṃbhavaprasaṅgāt | atrācāryabhāvaviveko dūṣaṇamāha- atrāpi prasaṅgavākyatvāt yadi viparītasādhyasādhanavyaktivākyārtha iṣyate, tadā etaduktaṃ bhavati- hetuta utpadyante bhāvāḥ, kadācit kutaścit kasyacidutpatteḥ, ārambhasāphalyācca | seyaṃ vyākhyā na yuktā prāguktadoṣāditi | tadetadayuktam, pūrvoditaparihārādityapare ||
yaccāpi īśvarādīnāmupasaṃgrahārtham, tadāpi na yuktam | īśvarādīnāṃ svaparobhayapakṣeṣu yathābhyupagamamantarbhāvāditi ||
tasmāt prasādhitametannāstyutpāda iti | utpādāsaṃbhavācca siddho 'nutpādādiviśiṣṭa pratītyasamutpāda iti ||

atrāha- yadyevamanutpādādiviśiṣṭaḥ pratītyasamutpādo vyavasthito bhavadbhiḥ, yattarhi bhagavatoktam- avidyāpratyayāḥ saṃskārā avidyānirodhātsaṃskāranirodha iti, tathā-
anityāśca te (bata?) saṃskārā utpādavyayadharmiṇaḥ |
utpadya hi nirudhyante teṣāṃ vyupaśamaḥ sukhaḥ ||
tathā- utpādādvā tathāgatānāmanutpādādvā tathāgatānāṃ sthitaivaiṣā dharmāṇāṃ dharmatā, eko dharmaḥ sattvasthitaye yaduta catvāra āhārāḥ, dvau dharmau lokaṃ pālayato hrīścāpatrāpyaṃ cetyādi, tathā- paralokādihāgamanamihalokācca paralokagamanamiti, evaṃ nirodhādiviśiṣṭaḥ pratītyasamutpādo deśito bhagavatā, sa kathaṃ na ni (vi?) rudhyata iti? yata evaṃ nirodhādayaḥ pratītyasamutpādasyopalabhyante, ata evedaṃ madhyamakaśāstraṃ praṇītamācāryeṇa neyanītārthasūtrāntavibhāgopadarśanārtham | tatra ya ete pratītyasamutpādasyotpādādaya uktāḥ, na te vigatāvidyātimirānāsravaviṣayasvabhāvāpekṣayā, kiṃ tarhi avidyātimiropahatamatinayanajñānaviṣayāpekṣayā ||
tattvadarśanāpekṣayā tūktaṃ bhagavatā- etaddhi bhikṣavaḥ paramaṃ satyaṃ yaduta amoṣadharma nirvāṇam, sarvasaṃskārāśca mṛṣā moṣadharmāṇaḥ iti | tathā- nāstyatra tathatā vā avitathatā vā | moṣadharmaka mapyetat, pralopadharmakamapyetat, mṛṣāpyetat, māyeyaṃ bālalāpinī iti | tathā-
phenapiṇḍopamaṃ rūpaṃ vedanā budbudopamā |
marīcisadṛśī saṃjñā saṃskārāḥ kadalīnibhāḥ |
māyopamaṃ ca vijñānamuktamādityabandhunā || iti ||
evaṃ dharmān vīkṣamāṇo bhikṣurārabdhavīryavān |
divā vā yadi vā rātrau saṃprajānan pratismṛtaḥ |
pratividhyetpadaṃ śāntaṃ saṃskāropaśamaṃ śivam || iti ||
nirātmakatvācca dharmāṇāmityādi ||
yasyaivaṃ deśanābhiprāyānabhijñatayā saṃdehaḥ syāt- kā hyatra deśanā tattvārthā, kā nu khalu ābhiprāyikīti, yaścāpi mandabuddhitayā neyārthāṃ deśanāṃ nītārthāmavagacchati, tayorubhayorapi vineyajanayoḥ ācāryo yuktyāgamābhyāṃ saṃśayamithyājñānāpākaraṇārthaṃ śāstramidamārabdhavān ||
tatra 'na svataḥ'; ityādinā yuktirupavarṇitā ||
tanmṛṣā moṣadharma yadbhagavānityabhāṣata |
sarve ca moṣadharmāṇaḥ saṃskārāstena te mṛṣā ||
pūrvā prajñāyate koṭirnetyuvāca mahāmuniḥ |
saṃsāro 'navarāgro hi nāstyādirnāpi paścimam ||
kātyāyanāvavāde ca asti nāstīti cobhayam |
pratiṣiddhaṃ bhagavatā bhāvābhāvavibhāvinā ||
ityādinā āgamo varṇitaḥ ||
uktaṃ ca āryākṣayamatisūtre-
katame sūtrāntā neyārthāḥ katame nītārthāḥ? ye sūtrāntā mārgavatārāya nirdiṣṭāḥ, ima ucyanteḥ neyārthāḥ | ye sūtrāntāḥ phalāvatārāya nirdiṣṭāḥ, ima ucyante neyārthāḥ | yāvad ye sūtrāntāḥ śūnyatānimittāpraṇihitānabhisaṃskārājātānutpādābhāvanirātmaniḥ sattvanirjīvaniḥ pudgalāsvāmikavimokṣamukhā nirdiṣṭāḥ ta ucyante nītārthāḥ | iyamucyate bhadanta śāradvatīputra nītārthasūtrāntapratiśaraṇatā, na neyārthasūtrāntapratiśaraṇatā iti ||
tathā ca āryasamādhirājasūtre-
nītārthasūtrāntaviśeṣa jānati yathopadiṣṭā sugatena śūnyatā |
yasmin punaḥ pudgalasattvapūruṣā neyārthato jānati sarvadharmān ||
tasmādutpādādideśanāṃ mṛṣārthāṃ pratipādayituṃ pratītyasamutpādānudarśanamārabdhavānācāryaḥ ||
nanu ca- utpādādīnāmabhāve sati yadi sarvadharmāṇāṃ mṛṣātvapratipādanārthamidamārabdhavānācāryaḥ nanvevaṃ sati yanmṛṣā na tadastīti na santyakuśalāni karmāṇi, tadabhāvānna santi durgatayaḥ, na santi kuśalāni karmāṇi, tadabhāvānna santi sugatayaḥ, sugatidurgatyasaṃbhavācca nāsti saṃsāraḥ, iti sarvārambhavaiyarthyameva sthāt | ucyate | saṃvṛtisatyavyapekṣayā lokasya idaṃsatyābhiniveśasya pratipakṣabhāvena mṛṣārthatā bhāvānāṃ pratipādyate 'smābhiḥ | naiva tvāryāḥ kṛtakāryāḥ kiṃcidupalabhante yanmṛṣā amṛṣā vā syāditi | api ca | yena hi sarvadharmāṇāṃ mṛṣātvaṃ parijñātaṃ kiṃ tasya karmāṇi santi, saṃsāro vā asti? na cāpyasau kasyaciddharmassya astitvaṃ nāstitvaṃ vopalabhate | yathoktaṃ bhagavatā āryaratnakūṭasūtre-
cittaṃ hi kāśyapa parigaveṣyamāṇaṃ na labhyate | yanna labhyate tannopalabhyate | yannopalabhyate tannaiva atītaṃ na anāgataṃ na pratyutpannam | yannaivātītaṃ nānāgataṃ na pratyutpannam, tasya nāsti svabhāvaḥ | yasya nāsti svabhāvaḥ, tasya nāstyutpādaḥ | yasya nāstyutpādaḥ, tasya nāsti nirodhaḥ || iti vistaraḥ ||
yastu viparyāsānugamānmṛṣātvaṃ nāvagacchati, pratītya bhāvānā svabhāvamabhiniviśate, sa dharmeṣvidaṃsatyābhiniveśādabhiniviṣṭaḥ san karmāṇyapi karoti, saṃsāre 'pi saṃsarati, viparyāsāvasthitatvānna bhavyo nirvāṇamadhigantum ||
kiṃ punaḥ- mṛṣāsvabhāvā api padārthāḥ saṃkleśavyavadānanibandhanaṃ bhavanti | tadyathā māyāyuvatistatsvabhāvānabhijñānām, tathāgatanirmitaśca upacitakuśalamūlānām | uktaṃ hi dṛḍhādhyāśayaparipṛcchāsūtre-
tadyathā kulaputra māyākāranāṭake pratyupasthite māyākāranirmitāṃ striyaṃ dṛṣṭvā kaścidrāgaparītacittāḥ parṣacchāradyabhayena utthāyāsanādapakrāmet, so 'pakramya tāmeva striyamaśubhato manasikuryāt, anityato duḥkhataḥ śūnyato 'nātmato manasikuryāt | iti vistaraḥ ||
vinaye ca-
yantrakārakāritā yantrayuvatiḥ sadbhūtayuvatiśūnyā sadbhūtayuvatirūpeṇa pratibhāsate, tasya ca citrakārasya kāmarāgāspadībhūtā | tathā mṛṣāsvabhāvā api bhāvā bālānāṃ saṃkleśavyavadānanibandhanaṃ bhavanti ||
tathā āryaratnakūṭasūtre-
atha khalu tāni pañcamātrāṇi bhikṣuśatāni bhagavato dharmadeśanāmanavatarantyanavagāhamānānyanadhimucyamānāni utthāyāsanebhyaḥ prakrāntāni | atha bhagavān [tasyāṃ velāyāṃ] yena mārgeṇaite bhikṣavo gacchanti sma, tasmin mārge dvau bhikṣū nirmimīte sma ||

atha tāni pañca bhikṣuśatāni yena [mārgeṇa] tau dvau bhikṣū [nirmitakau] tenopasaṃkrāmanti sma | upasaṃkramya tāvavocan- kutrāyuṣmantau gamiṣyathaḥ? nirmitakāvavocatām- gamiṣyāva āvāmaraṇyāyataneṣu, tatra dhyānasukhasparśavihārairvihariṣyāvaḥ | yaṃ hi bhagavān dharmaṃ deśayati, tamāvāṃ nāvatarāvo nāvagāhāvahe nādhimucyāmahe uttrasyāvaḥ saṃtrāsamāpadyāvahe | atha tāni pañca bhikṣuśatānyetadavocan- vayamapyāyuṣmanto bhagavato dharmadeśanāṃ nāvatarāmo nāvagāhāmahe nādhimucyāmahe uttrasyāmaḥ saṃtrasyāmaḥ saṃtrāsamāpadyāmahe | tena vayamaraṇyāyataneṣu dhyānasukhasparśavihārairvihariṣyāmaḥ | nirmitakāvavocatām- tena hi āyuṣmantaḥ saṃgāsyāmo na vivadiṣyāmaḥ | avivādaparamā hi śramaṇasya dharmāḥ | kasyāyuṣmantaḥ prahāṇāya pratipannāḥ? tānyavocan- rāgadveṣamohānāṃ prahāṇāya vayaṃ pratipannāḥ | nirmitakāvavocatām- kiṃ punarāyuṣmatāṃ saṃvidyante rāgadveṣamohā yān kṣapayiṣyatha? tānyavocan- na te 'dhyātmaṃ na bahirdhā nobhayamantareṇopalabhyante, nāpi te 'parikalpitā utpadyante | nirmitakāvavocatām- tena hi āyuṣmanto mā kalpayata, [mā vikalpayata] | yadā cāyuṣmanto na kalpayiṣyatha na vikalpayiṣyatha, tadā na raṃkṣyatha na viraṃkṣyatha | yaśca na rakto na viraktaḥ, sa śānta ityucyate | śīlamāyuṣmanto na saṃsarati na parinirvāti | samādhiḥ prajñā vimuktirvimuktijñānadarśanamāyuṣmanto ( Pp_16 ) na saṃsarati na parinirvāti | ebhiścāyuṣmanto dharmairnirvāṇaṃ sūcyate | ete ca dharmāḥ śūnyāḥ prakṛtiviviktāḥ | prajahītaitāmāyuṣmantaḥ saṃjñāṃ yaduta parinirvāṇamiti | mā ca saṃjñāyāṃ saṃjñā kārṣṭa, mā ca saṃjñāyāṃ saṃjñāṃ parijñāsiṣṭa | yo hi saṃjñāyāṃ saṃjñāṃ parijānāti, saṃjñā bandhanamevāsya tadbhavati | saṃjñāvedayitanirodhasamāpattimāyuṣmantaḥ samāpadyadhvam | saṃjñāvedayitanirodhasamāpattisamāpannasya bhikṣornāstyuttarīkaraṇīyamiti vadāvaḥ ||
atha teṣāṃ pañcānāṃ bhikṣuśatānāmanupādāyāśravebhyaścittāni vimuktānyabhūvan | tāni vimuktacittāni yena bhagavāṃstenopasaṃkrāntāni | upasaṃkramya bhagavataḥ pādau śirasābhivandyaikānte nyasīdan |
athāyuṣmān subhūtistān | bhikṣūnetadavocat- kutrāyuṣmanto gatāḥ kuto vāgatāḥ te 'vocan- na kvacidgamanāya na kutaścidāgamanāya bhadanta subhūte bhagavatā dharmo deśitaḥ āha- ko nāmāyuṣmatāṃ śāstā? āhuḥ- yo notpanno na parinirvāsyati | āha- kathaṃ yuṣmābhirdharmaḥ śrutaḥ? āhuḥ- na bandhanāya na mokṣāya | āha- kena yūyaṃ vinītāḥ? āhuḥ- yasya na kāyo na cittam | āha- kathaṃ yūyaṃ prayuktāḥ? āhuḥ- nāvidyāprahāṇāya na vidyotpādanāya | āha- kasya yūyaṃ śrāvakāḥ? āhuḥ- yena na prāptaṃ nābhisaṃbuddham | āha- ke yuṣmākaṃ sabrahmacāriṇaḥ? āhuḥ- ye traidhātuke nopavicaranti | āha- kiyaccireṇāyuṣmantaḥ parinirvāsyanti āhuḥ- yadā tathāgatanirmitāḥ parinirvāsyanti | āha- kṛtaṃ yuṣmābhiḥ karaṇīyam? āhuḥ- ahaṃ kāramamakāraparijñānataḥ | āha- kṣīṇā yuṣmākaṃ kleśāḥ? āhuḥ- atyantakṣayātsarvadharmāṇām | āha- dharṣito yuṣmābhirmāraḥ? āhuḥ- skandhamārānupalambhāt | āha- dharṣito yuṣmābhirmāraḥ? āhuḥ- skandhamārānupalambhāt | āha- paricarito yuṣmābhiḥ śāstā? āhuḥ- na kāyena na vācā na manasā | āha- viśodhitā yuṣmābhirdakṣiṇīyabhūmiḥ? āhuḥ- agrāhato 'pratigrāhataḥ | āha- uttīrṇo yuṣmābhiḥ saṃsāraḥ? āhuḥ- anucchedato 'śāśvatataḥ | āha- pratipannā yuṣmābhirdakṣiṇīyabhūmiḥ? āhuḥ- sarvagrāhavinirmuktitaḥ | āha- kiṃgāmina āyuṣmantaḥ? āhuḥ- yaṃgāminastathāgatanirmitāḥ | iti hyāyuṣmataḥ subhūteḥ paripṛcchatasteṣāṃ bhikṣūṇāṃ prativisarjayatāṃ tasyāṃ parṣadi aṣṭānāṃ bhikṣuśatānāmanupādāyāśravebhyaścittāni vimuktāni, dvātriṃśataśca prāṇisahasrāṇāṃ virajo vigatamalaṃ dharmacakṣurviśuddham | iti ||
ityevaṃ mṛṣāsvabhāvābhyāṃ tathāgatanirmitābhyāṃ bhikṣubhyāṃ pañcānāṃ bhikṣuśatānāṃ vyavadānanibandhanaṃ kṛtamiti ||
uktaṃ ca āryavajramaṇḍāyāṃ dhāraṇyām-
tadyathā mañjuśrīḥ kāṇḍaṃ ca pratītya mathanīṃ ca pratītya puruṣasya hastavyāyāmaṃ ca pratītya dhūmaḥ prādurbhavatīti agnirabhinirvartate | sa cāgnisaṃtāpo na kāṇḍasaṃniśrito na mathanīsaṃniśrito na puruṣahastavyāyāmasaṃniśritaḥ | evameva mañjuśrīḥ asadviparyāsamohitasya puruṣapudgalasya utpadyate rāgaparidāho dveṣaparidāho mohaparidāhaḥ | sa ca paridāho nādhyātmaṃ na bahirdhā nobhayamantareṇa sthitaḥ ||
api tu mañjuśrīḥ yaducyate moha iti, tatkena kāraṇenocyate moha iti? atyantamukto hi mañjuśrīḥ sarvadharmairmohastenocyate moha iti | tathā narakamukhā mañjuśrīḥ sarvadharmā idaṃ dhāraṇīpadam | ( Pp_17 ) āha- kathaṃ bhagavannidaṃ dhāraṇīpadam? āha- narakā mañjuśrīḥ bālapṛgthajanairasadviparyāsaviṭhapitāḥ svavikalpasaṃbhūtāḥ | āha- kutra bhagavannarakāḥ samavasaranti? bhagavānāha- ākāśasamavasaraṇā mañjuśrīḥ narakāḥ | tatkiṃ manyase mañjuśrīḥ svavikalpasaṃbhūtā narakā uta svabhāvasaṃbhūtāḥ? āha- svavikalpenaiva bhagavan sarvabālapṛthagjanāṃ narakatiryagyoniyamalokaṃ saṃjānanti | te ca asatsamāropeṇa duḥkhāṃ vedanāṃ vedayanti duḥkhamanubhavanti triṣvapyapāyeṣu ||
yathā cāhaṃ bhagavan narakān paśyāmi tathā nārakaṃ duḥkham | tadyathā bhagavan kaścideva puruṣaḥ suptaḥ svapnāntaragato narakagatamātmānaṃ saṃjānīte | sa tatra kvathitāyāṃ saṃprajvalitāyāmanekapauruṣāyāṃ lohakumbhyāṃ prakṣiptamātmānaṃ saṃjānŌṣyāt | sa tatra kharāṃ kaṭukāṃ tŌṣvrāṃ duḥkhāṃ vedanāṃ vedayet | sa tatra mānasaṃ paridāhaṃ saṃjānŌṣyāt uttraset saṃtrāsamāpadyeta | sa tatra pratibuddhaḥ samānaḥ- aho duḥkham, aho duḥkham, iti krandet śocet paridevet | atha tasya mitrajñāti sālohitāḥ paripṛccheyuḥ- kena tatte duḥkhamiti | sa tān mitrajñātisālohitānevaṃ vadet- nairayikaṃ duḥkhamanubhūtam | sa tānākrośet paribhāṣet- ahaṃ ca nāma nairayikaṃ duḥkhamanubhavāmi | yūyaṃ ca me uttari paripṛcchatha kenaitattava duḥkhamiti | atha te mitrajñātisālohitāstaṃ puruṣamevaṃ vadeyuḥ- mā bhairmoḥ puruṣa | supto hi tvam | na tvamito gṛhāt kvacinnirgataḥ | tasya punarapi smṛti rutpadyate- supto 'hamabhūvam | vitathametanmayā parikalpitamiti | sa punarapi saumanasyaṃ pratilabhate ||

tadyathā bhagavan sa puruṣo 'satsamāropeṇa suptaḥ svapnāntaragato narakagatamātmānaṃ saṃjānīyāt, evameva bhagavan sarvabālapṛthagjanā asadbhāgaparyavanaddhāḥ strīnimittaṃ kalpayanti | te strīnimittaṃ kalpayitvā tābhiḥ sārdhaṃ ramamāṇamātmānaṃ saṃjānanti | tasya bālapṛthajanasyaivaṃ bhavati- ahaṃ puruṣaḥ, iyaṃ strī, mamaiṣā strī | tasya tena cchandarāgaparyavasthitena cittena bhogaparyeṣṭiṃ cittaṃ krāmayanti | sa tatonidānaṃ kalahavigrahavivādaṃ saṃjanayati | tasya praduṣṭendriyasya vairaṃ saṃjāyate | sa tena saṃjñāviparyāsena kālagataḥ samāno bahūni kalpasahasrāṇi narakeṣu duḥkhāṃ vedanāṃ vedayamānamātmānaṃ saṃjānāti ||
tadyathā bhagavan tasya puruṣasya mitrajñātisālohitā evaṃ vadanti- mā bhaiḥ, mā bhaiḥ, bho puruṣa | supto hi tvam | na tvamito gṛhyat kutaścinnirgataḥ iti | evameva buddhā bhagavantaścaturviparyāsaviparyastānāṃ sattvānāmevaṃ dharmaṃ deśayanti- nātra strī na puruṣo na sattvo na jīvo na puruṣo na pudgalaḥ | vitathā ime sarvadharmāḥ | asanta ime sarvadharmāḥ | viṭhapitā ime sarvadharmāḥ | māyopamā ime sarvadharmāḥ | svapnopamā ime sarvadharmāḥ | nirmitopamā ime sarvadharmāḥ | udakacandropamā ime sarvadharmāḥ | iti vistaraḥ | te imāṃ tathāgatasya dharmadeśanāṃ śrutvā vigatarāgān sarvadharmān paśyanti | vigatamohān sarvadharmān paśyanti asvabhāvānanāvaraṇān | te ākāśasthitena cetasā kālaṃ kurvanti | te kālagatāḥ samānā nirupadhiśeṣe nirvāṇadhātau parinirvānti | evamahaṃ bhagavan narakān paśyāmi | iti ||
uktaṃ ca āryopāliparipṛcchāyām-
bhaya darśita nairayikaṃ me sattvasahasra savejita naike |
na ca vidyati kaściha sattva yo cyutu gacchati ghoramapāyam ||
na ca kāraku kāraṇa santi yehi kṛtā asitomaraśastrāḥ |
kalpavaśena tu paśyati tatra kāyi patanti apāyita śastrāḥ ||
citramanorama sajjitapuṣpāḥ svarṇavimāna jalanti manojñāḥ |
teṣvapi kāraku nāstiha kaści te 'pi ca sthāpita kalpavaśena ||
kalpavaśena vikalpitu lokaḥ saṃjñagaheṇa vikalpitu bālaḥ |
so ca gaho agaho asabhūto māyamarīcisamā hi vikalpāḥ ||
tadevamete 'svabhāvā bhāvāḥ svaviparyāsaviṭhapitā bālānāṃ saṃkleśahetavo bhavanti saṃsāre iti sthitam ||
yathā ca mṛṣāsvabhāvānāṃ padārthānāṃ saṃkleśavyavadānahetutvaṃ tathā madhyamakāvatārādvistareṇāvaseyam ||
atrāha- yadi svataḥ parataḥ ubhayato 'hetutaśca nāsti bhāvānāmutpādaḥ, tatra kathamavidyā pratyayāḥ saṃskārā ityuktaṃ bhagavatā? ucyate | saṃvṛtireva na tattvam ||
kiṃ saṃvṛtervyavasthānaṃ vaktavyam? idaṃpratyayatāmātreṇa saṃvṛteḥ siddhirabhyupagamyate | na tu pakṣacatuṣṭayābhyupagamena sasvabhāvavādaprasaṅgāt, tasya cāyuktatvāt | idaṃpratyayatāmātrābhyupagame hi sati hetuphalayoranyonyāpekṣatvānnāsti svābhāvikī siddhiriti nāsti sasvabhāvavādaḥ | ata evoktam-
svayaṃ kṛtaṃ parakṛtaṃ dvābhyāṃ kṛtamahetukam |
tārkikairiṣyate duḥkhaṃ tvayā tūktaṃ pratītyajam ||
ihāpi vakṣyati-
pratītya kārakaḥ karma taṃ pratītya ca kārakam |
karma pravartate nānyatpaśyāmaḥ siddhikāraṇam || iti ||
bhagavatāpyetāvanmātramevoktam-
tatrāyaṃ dharmasaṃketo yadutāsmin satīdaṃ bhavati, asyotpādādidamutpadyate, yaduta avidyā pratyayāḥ saṃskārāḥ, saṃskārapratyayaṃ vijñānamityādi ||
atra kecitparicodayanti- anutpannā bhāvā iti kimayaṃ pramāṇajo niścaya utāpramāṇajaḥ? tatra yadi pramāṇaja iṣyate, tadedaṃ vaktavyam- kati pramāṇāni kiṃlakṣaṇāni kiṃviṣayāṇi, kiṃ svata utpannāni kiṃ parata ubhayato 'hetuto veti | athāpramāṇajaḥ, sa na yuktaḥ, pramāṇādhīnatvātprameyādhigamasya | anadhigato hyartho na vinā pramāṇairadhigantuṃ śakyata iti pramāṇābhāvādarthādhigamābhāve sati kuto 'yaṃ samyagniścaya iti na yuktametadaniṣpannā bhāvā iti | yato vāyaṃ niścayo bhavato 'nutpannā bhāvā iti bhaviṣyati, tata eva mamāpi sarvabhāvāḥ santīti | yathā cāyaṃ te niścayaḥ- anutpannāḥ sarvadharmā iti, tathaiva mamāpi sarvabhāvotpattirbhaviṣyati | atha te nāsti niścayo 'nutpannāḥ sarvabhāvā iti, tadā svayamaniścitasya parapratyāyanāsaṃbhavācchāstrārambhavaiyarthyameveti santyapratiṣiddhāḥ sarvabhāvā iti ||
ucyate | yadi kaścinniścayo nāmāsmākaṃ syāt, sa pramāṇajo vā syādapramāṇajo vā | na tvasti | kiṃ kāraṇam? ihāniścayasaṃbhave sati syāttatpratipakṣastadapekṣo niścayaḥ | yadā tvaniścaya eva tāvadasmākaṃ nāsti, tadā kutastadviruddhāviruddho niścayaḥ syāt saṃbandhyantaranirapekṣatvāt, kharaviṣāṇasya hrasvadīrghatāvat | yadā caivaṃ niścayasyābhāvaḥ, tadā kasya prasiddhayarthaṃ pramāṇāni parikalpayiṣyāmaḥ? kuto vaiṣāṃ saṃkhyā lakṣaṇaṃ viṣayo vā bhaviṣyati- svataḥ parata ubhayato 'hetuto vā samutpattiriti sarvametanna vaktavyamasmābhiḥ ||
yadyevaṃ niścayo nāsti sarvataḥ, kathaṃ punaridaṃ niścitarūpaṃ vākyamupalabhyate bhavatām- na svato nāpi parato na dvābhyāṃ nāpyahetuto bhāvā bhavantīti? ucyate | niścitamidaṃ vākyaṃ lokasya svaprasiddhayaivopapattyā, nāryāṇām | kiṃ khalu āryāṇāmupapattirnāsti? kenaitaduktamasti vā nāsti veti | paramārtho hyāryāṇāṃ tūṣṇīṃbhāvaḥ | tataḥ kutastatra prapañcasaṃbhavo yadupapattiranupapattirvā syāt?
yadi hyāryā upapattiṃ na varṇayanti, kena khalvidānīṃ paramārthaṃ lokaṃ bodhayiṣyanti? na khalvāryā lokasaṃvyavahāreṇopapattiṃ varṇayanti, kiṃ tu lokata eva yā prasiddhopapattiḥ, tāṃ parāvabodhārthamabhyupetya tayaiva lokaṃ bodhayanti | yathaiva hi vidyamānāmapi śarīrāśucitāṃ viparyāsānugatā rāgiṇo nopalabhante, śubhākāraṃ cābhūtamadhyāropya parikliśyante, teṣāṃ vairāgyārthaṃ tathāgatanirmito ( Pp_20 ) devo vā śubhasaṃjñayā prāk pracchāditān kāyadoṣānupavarṇayet- santyasmin kāye keśā ityādinā | te ca tasyāḥ śubhasaṃjñāyā vimuktā vairāgyamāsādayeyuḥ | evamihāpyāryaiḥ sarvathāpyanupalabhyamānātmakaṃ bhāvānāmavidyātimiropahatamatinayanatayā viparītaṃ svabhāvamadhyāropya kvacicca kaṃcidviśeṣamatitarāṃ parikliśyanti pṛthagjanāḥ | tānidānīmāryāḥ tatprasiddhayaivopapattyā paribodhayanti | yathā vidyamānasya ghaṭasya na mṛdādibhya utpāda ityabhyupetam, evamutpādātpūrvaṃ vidyamānasya vidyamānatvānnāstyutpāda ityavasīyatām | yathā ca parabhūtebhyo jvālāṅgārādibhyo 'ṅkurasyotpattirnāsti iti abhyupetam, evaṃ vivakṣitebhyo 'pi bījādibhyo nāstītyavasīyatām ||

athāpi syāt- anubhava eṣo 'smākamiti, etadapyuktam | yasmādanubhava eṣa mṛṣā, anubhavatvāt, taimirikadvicandrādyanubhavavaditi | tataścānubhavasyāpi sādhyasamatvāttena pratyavasthānaṃ na yuktamiti | tasmādanutpannā bhāvā ityevaṃ tāvadviparītasvarūpādhyāropapratipakṣeṇa prathamaprakaraṇārambhaḥ | idānīṃ kvacidyaḥ kaścidviśeṣo 'dhyāropitaḥ, tadviśeṣāpākaraṇārthaṃ śeṣaprakaraṇārambhaḥ, gantṛgantavyagamanādiko 'pi niravaśeṣo viśeṣo nāsti pratītyasamutpādasyeti pratipādanārtham ||
atha syāt- eṣa eva pramāṇapremeyavyavahāro laukiko 'smābhiḥ śāstreṇānuvarṇita iti, tadanuvarṇanasya tarhi phalaṃ vācyam | kutārkikaiḥ sa nāśito viparītalakṣaṇābhidhānena, tasyāsmābhiḥ samyaglakṣaṇamuktamiti cet, etadapyayuktam | yadi hi kutārkikairviparītalakṣaṇapraṇayanātkṛtaṃ lakṣyavaiparītyaṃ lokasya syāt, tadarthaṃ prayatnasāphalyaṃ syāt | na caitadevam | iti vyartha evārya prayatna iti ||
api ca | yadi pramāṇādhīnaḥ prameyādhigamaḥ, tāni pramāṇāni kena paricchidyanta ityādinā vigrahavyāvartanyāṃ vihito doṣaḥ | tadaparihārāt samyaglakṣaṇadyotakatvamapi nāsti ||
kiṃ ca | yadi svasāmānyalakṣaṇadvayānurodhena pramāṇadvayamuktaṃ yasya tallakṣaṇadvayam, kiṃ tallakṣyamasti atha nāsti? yadyasti, tadā tadaparaṃ prameyamastīti kathaṃ pramāṇadvayam? atha nāsti lakṣyam, tadā lakṣaṇamapi nirāśrayaṃ nāstīti kathaṃ pramāṇadvayam? vakṣyati hi-
lakṣaṇāsaṃpravṛttau ca na lakṣyamupapadyate |
lakṣyasyānupapattau ca lakṣaṇasyāpyasaṃbhavaḥ || iti ||
atha syāt- na lakṣyate 'neneti lakṣaṇam, kiṃ tarhi 'kṛtyalyuṭo bahulam'; iti karmaṇi lyuṭaṃ kṛtvā lakṣyate taditi lakṣaṇam | evamapi tenaitasya lakṣyamāṇatvāsaṃbhavādyenaitallakṣyate, tasya karaṇasya karmaṇo 'rthāntaratvāt sa eva doṣaḥ ||
atha syāt- jñānasya karaṇatvāttasya ca svalakṣaṇāntarbhāvādayamadoṣa iti, ucyate | iha bhāvānāmanyāsādhāraṇamātmīyaṃ yatsvarūpaṃ tatsvalakṣaṇam, tadyathā pṛthivyāḥ kāṭhinyaṃ vedanāyā viṣayānubhavo vijñānasya viṣayaprativijñaptiḥ | tena hi tallakṣyata iti kṛtvā prasiddhānugatāṃ ca ( Pp_21 ) vyutpattimavadhūya karmasādhanamabhyupagacchati | vijñānasya ca karaṇabhāvaṃ pratipadyamānenetyuktaṃ bhavati svalakṣaṇasyaiva karmatā svalakṣaṇāntarasya karaṇabhāvaśceti | tatra yadi vijñānasvalakṣaṇaṃ karaṇam, tasya vyatiriktena karmaṇā bhavitavyamiti sa eva doṣaḥ ||
atha syāt- yatpṛthivyādigataṃ kāṭhinyādikaṃ vijñānagamyaṃ tattasya karmāstyeva, tacca svalakṣaṇāvyatiriktamiti | evaṃ tarhi vijñānasvalakṣaṇasya karmatvābhāvātprameyatvaṃ na syāt, karmarūpasyaiva svalakṣaṇasya prameyatvāt | tataśca dvividhaṃ prameyaṃ svalakṣaṇaṃ sāmānyalakṣaṇaṃ ca ityetadviśeṣya vaktavyam- kiṃcitsvalakṣaṇaṃ prameyaṃ yallakṣyata ityevaṃ vyapadiśyate, kiṃcidaprameyaṃ yallakṣyate 'neneti vyapadiśyata iti | atha tadapi karmasādhanaṃ tadā tasyānyena karaṇena bhavitavyam | jñānāntarasya karaṇabhāvaparikalpanāyāmanavasthādoṣaścāpadyate ||
atha manyase- svasaṃvittirasti, tatastayā svasaṃvityā grahaṇātkarmatāyā satyāmastyeva prameyāntarbhāva iti, ucyate | vistareṇa madhyamakāvatāre svasaṃvittiniṣedhāt svalakṣaṇaṃ svalakṣaṇāntareṇa lakṣyate, tadapi svasaṃvittyā iti na yujyate | api ca | tadapi nāma jñānaṃ svalakṣaṇavyatirekeṇāsiddherasaṃbhavāllakṣyābhāve nirāśrayalakṣaṇapravṛttyasaṃbhavāt sarvathā nāstīti kutaḥ svasaṃvittiḥ? tathā coktamāryaratnacūḍaparipṛcchāyām-
sa cittamasamanupaśyan cittadhārāṃ paryeṣate kutaścittasyotpattiriti | tasyaivaṃ bhavati- ālambane sati cittamutpadyate | tatkimanyadālambanamanyaccittam, atha yadevālambanaṃ tadeva cittam? yadi tāvadanyadālambanamanyaccittam, tadā dvicittatā bhaviṣyati | atha yadevālambanaṃ tadeva cittam, tatkathaṃ cittena cittaṃ samanupaśyati? na ca cittaṃ cittaṃ samanupaśyati | tadyathāpi nāma tayaivāsidhārayā saivāsidhārā na śakyate chettum, na tenaivāṅgulyagreṇa tadevāṅgulyagraṃ śakyate spraṣṭum, evameva na tenaiva cittena tadeva cittaṃ śakyaṃ draṣṭum | tasyaivaṃ yoniśaḥ prayuktasya yā cittasyānavasthānatā anucchedāśāśvatatā na kūṭasthatā nāhetukī na pratyayaviruddhā na tato nānyato na saiva nānyā | tāṃ cittadhārāṃ cittalatāṃ cittadharmatāṃ cittānavasthitatāṃ cittāpracāratāṃ cittādṛśyatāṃ cittasvalakṣaṇatāṃ tathā jānāti tathā paśyati yathā tathatāṃ na ca nirodhayati | tāṃ ca cittavivekatāṃ tathā prajānāti tathā paśyati | iyaṃ kulaputra [bodhisattvasya] citte cittānupaśyanā smṛtyupasthānamiti ||
tadevaṃ nāsti svasaṃvittiḥ | tadabhāvāt kiṃ kena lakṣyate?
kiṃ ca | bhedena vā tallakṣaṇaṃ lakṣyātsyādabhedena vā? tatra yadi tāvad bhedena, tadā lakṣyād bhinnatvādalakṣaṇavallakṣaṇamapi na lakṣaṇam | lakṣaṇācca bhinnatvādalakṣyavallakṣyamapi na lakṣyam | tathā lakṣyādbhinnatvāllakṣaṇasya lakṣaṇanirapekṣaṃ lakṣyaṃ syāt | tataśca na tallakṣyaṃ lakṣaṇanirapekṣatvāt khapuṣpavat | athābhinne lakṣyalakṣaṇe, tadā lakṣaṇādavyatiriktattvāllakṣaṇasvātmavadvihīyate ( Pp_22 ) lakṣyasya lakṣyatā | lakṣyāccāvyatiriktatvāllakṣyasvātmavallakṣaṇamapi na lakṣaṇasvabhāvam | yathā coktam-
lakṣyāllakṣaṇamanyaccetsyāttallakṣyamalakṣaṇam |
tayorabhāvo 'nanyatve vispaṣṭaṃ kathitaṃ tvayā || iti ||
na ca vinā tattvānyatvena lakṣyalakṣaṇasiddhau anyā gatirasti | tathā ca vakṣyati-
ekībhāvena vā siddhirnānābhāvena vā yayoḥ |
na vidyate, tayoḥ siddhiḥ kathaṃ nu khalu vidyate || iti ||
athavocyate- avācyatayā siddhirbhaviṣyatīti cet, naitadevam | avācyatā hi nāma parasparavibhāgaparijñānābhāve sati bhavati | yatra ca vibhāgaparijñānaṃ nāsti, tatra idaṃ lakṣaṇam, idaṃ lakṣyam, iti viśeṣataḥ paricchedāsaṃbhave sati dvayorapyabhāva eveti | tasmādavācyatayāpi nāsti siddhiḥ ||
api ca | yadi jñānaṃ karaṇaṃ viṣayasya paricchede, kaḥ kartā? na ca kartāramantareṇāsti karaṇādīnāṃ saṃbhavaḥ chidikriyāyāmiva | atha cittasya tatra kartṛtvaṃ parikalpyate, tadapi na yuktam, yasmādarthamātradarśanaṃ cittasya vyāpāraḥ, arthaviśeṣadarśanaṃ caitasānām,
tatrārthadṛṣṭirvijñānaṃ tadviśeṣe tu caitasāḥ |

ityabhyupagamāt | ekasyāṃ hi pradhānakriyāyāṃ sādhyāyāṃ yathāsvaṃ guṇakriyānirvṛttidvāreṇāṅgībhāvopagamāt | karaṇādīnāṃ karaṇāditvam | na ceha jñānavijñānayorekā pradhānakriyā, kiṃ tarhi, arthamātraparicchittirvijñānasya pradhānakriyā, jñānasya tu arthaviśeṣapariccheda iti nāsti jñānasya karaṇatvaṃ nāpi cittasya kartṛtvam | tataśca sa eva doṣaḥ ||
atha syāt- anātmānaḥ sarvadharmā ityāgamāt kartuḥ sarvathābhāvāt kartāramantareṇāpi vidyata eva kriyādivyavahāra iti, etadapi nāsti | āgamasya samyagarthānavadhāraṇāt | etadevoktaṃ madhyamakāvatāre ||
athāpi syāt- yathā śilāputrakasya śarīram, rāhoḥ śiraḥ, iti śarīraśirovyatiriktaviśeṣaṇāsaṃbhave 'pi viśeṣaṇaviśeṣyabhāvo 'sti, evaṃ pṛthivyāḥ svalakṣaṇamiti svalakṣaṇavyatiriktapṛthivyasaṃbhave 'pi bhaviṣyatīti, naitadevam | atulyatvāt | śarīraśiraḥśabdayohi buddhayādipāṇyādivatsahabhāvipadārthāntarasāpekṣatāpravṛttau śarīraśiraḥ śabdamātrālambano buddhayupajananaḥ sahacāripadārthāntarasākāṅkṣa eva vartate, kasya śarīram, kasya śira iti | itaro 'pi viśeṣaṇāntaraḥ saṃbandhanirācikīrṣayā | śilāputrakarāhuviśeṣaṇadhvaninā laukikasaṃketānuvidhāyinā pratikartuḥ kāṅkṣāmapahantīti yuktam | iha tu kāṭhinyādivyatiriktapṛthivyādyasaṃbhave sati na yukto viśeṣaṇaviśeṣyabhāvaḥ | ( Pp_23 ) tīrthikairvyatiriktalakṣyābhyupagamāttadanurodhena viśeṣaṇābhidhānamaduṣṭamiti cet, naitadevam | na hi tīrthikaparikalpitā yuktividhurāḥ padārthāḥ svasamaye 'bhyupagantuṃ nyāyyāḥ, pramāṇāntarāderapyabhyugamaprasaṅgāt | api ca | pudgalādiprajñaptivat saśarīropādānasya śilāputrakasyopādāturlaukikavyavahārāṅgabhūtasya viśeṣaṇasyāvicāraprasiddhasya sadbhāvāt, śiraupādānasya ca rāhorupādātuḥ sadbhāvādayuktametannidarśanam | śarīraśirovyatiriktasyārthāntarasyāsiddhestanmātrasyopalambhāt siddhameva nidarśanamiti cet, naitadevam | laukike vyavahāre itthaṃ vicārāpravṛtteravicārataśca laukikapadārthānāmastitvāt | yathaiva hi rūpādivyatirekeṇa vicāryamāṇa ātmā na saṃbhavati, api ca lokasaṃvṛtyā skandhānupādāya asyāstitvam, evaṃ rāhuśilāputrakayorapīti nāsti nidarśanasiddhiḥ ||
evaṃ pṛthivyādīnāṃ yadyapi kāṭhinyādivyatiriktaṃ vicāryamāṇaṃ lakṣyaṃ nāsti, lakṣyavyatirekeṇa ca lakṣaṇaṃ nirāśrayam, tathāpi saṃvṛtireveti parasparāpekṣayā tayoḥ siddhayā siddhiṃ vyavasthāpayāṃbabhūvurācāryāḥ | avaśyaṃ caitadevamabhyupeyam | anyathā hi saṃvṛtirupapattyā na viyujyeta, tadeva tattvameva syānna saṃvṛtiḥ | na ca upapattyā vicāryamāṇānāṃ śilāputrakādīmevāsaṃbhavaḥ, kiṃ tarhi vakṣyamāṇayā yuktyā rūpavedanādīnāmapi nāsti saṃbhava iti teṣāmapi saṃvṛtyā śilāputrakādivannāstitvamāstheyaṃ syāt | na caitadevamityasadetat ||
atha syāt- kimanayā sūkṣmekṣikayā? naiva hi vayaṃ sarvapramāṇaprameyavyavahāraṃ satyamityācakṣmahe, kiṃ tu lokaprasiddhireṣā amunā nyāyena vyavasthāpyata iti | ucyate | vayamapyevaṃ brūmaḥ- kimanayā sūkṣmekṣikayā laukikavyavahāre 'vatārika(ta?)yā? tiṣṭhatu tāvadeṣā viparyāsamātrāsāditātmabhāvasattākā saṃvṛtiḥ mumukṣūṇāṃ mokṣāvāhakakuśalamūlopacayahetuḥ, yāvanna tattvādhigama iti | bhavāṃstu etāṃ saṃvṛtiparamārthasatyavibhāgadurvidagdhabuddhitayā kvacidupapattimavatārya anyāyato nāśayati | so 'haṃ saṃvṛtisatyavyavasthāvaicakṣaṇyāllaukika eva pakṣe sthitvā saṃvṛtyekadeśanirākaraṇopakṣiptopapattyantaramupapattyantareṇa vinivartayan lokavṛddha iva lokacārātparibhraśyamānaṃ bhavantameva nivartayāmi na tu saṃvṛtim | tasmād yadi laukiko vyavahāraḥ, tadā avaśyaṃ lakṣaṇavallakṣyeṇāpi bhavitavyam | tataśca sa eva doṣaḥ | atha paramārthaḥ, tadā lakṣyābhāvāllakṣaṇadvayamapi nāstīti kutaḥ pramāṇadvayam?
atha śabdānāmevaṃ kriyākārakasaṃbandhapūrvikā vyutpattirnāṅgīkriyate, tadidamatikaṣṭam | taireva kriyākārakasaṃbandhapravṛttaiḥ śabdairbhavān vyavaharati, śabdārthaṃ kriyākaraṇādikaṃ ca necchatīti aho vata icchāmātrapratibaddhapravṛttito (vṛttiḥ?) bhavataḥ |
yadā caivaṃ prameyadvayamavyavasthitaṃ tadā svasāmānyalakṣaṇāviṣayatvena āgamādīnāṃ pramāṇāntaratvam | kiṃ ca ghaṭaḥ pratyakṣa ityevamādikasya laukikavyavahārasyāsaṃgrahādanāryavyavahārābhyupagamācca avyāpitā lakṣaṇasyeti na yuktametat ||
atha syāt- ghaṭopādānanīlādayaḥ pratyakṣāḥ pratyakṣapramāṇaparicchedyatvāt | tataśca yathaiva kāraṇe kāryopacāraṃ kṛtvā buddhānāṃ sukha utpāda iti vyapadiśyate, evaṃ pratyakṣanīlādinimittako 'pi ghaṭaḥ kārye kāraṇopacāraṃ kṛtvā pratyakṣa iti vyapadiśyate | naivaṃviṣaye upacāro yuktaḥ | utpādo hi loke sukhavyatirekeṇopalabdhaḥ, sa ca saṃskṛtalakṣaṇasvabhāvatvādanekaduṣkaraśatahetutvādasukha eva, sa sukha iti vyapadiśyamānaḥ asaṃbaddha evetyevaṃviṣaye yukta upacāraḥ | ghaṭaḥ pratyakṣa ityatra tu- na hi ghaṭo nāma kaścidyo 'pratyakṣaḥ pṛthagupalabdho yasyopacārātpratyakṣatvaṃ syāt | nīlādivyatiriktasya ghaṭasyābhāvādaupacārikaṃ pratyakṣatvamiti cet, evamapi sutarāmupacāro na yuktaḥ, upacaryamāṇasyāśrayasyābhāvāt | na hi kharaviṣāṇe taikṣṇyamupacaryate | api ca | lokavyavahārāṅgabhūto ghaṭo yadi nīlādivyatirikto nāstīti kṛtvā tasyaupacārikaṃ pratyakṣatvaṃ parikalpyate, nanvevaṃ sati pṛthivyādivyatirekeṇa nīlādikamapi nāstīti nīlāderasyaupacārikaṃ pratyakṣatvaṃ kalpyatām | yathoktam-
rūpādivyatirekeṇa yathā kumbho na vidyate |
vāyvādivyatirekeṇa tathā rūpaṃ na vidyate || iti |
tasmādevamādikasya lokavyavahārasya lakṣaṇenāsaṃgrahādavyāpitaiva lakṣaṇasyeti | tattvavidapekṣayā hi-
pratyakṣatvaṃ ghaṭādīnāṃ nīlādīnāṃ ca neṣyate |
lokasaṃvṛtyā tvabhyupagantavyameva pratyakṣatvaṃ ghaṭādīnām | yathoktaṃ śatake-
sarva eva ghaṭo 'dṛṣṭo rūpe dṛṣṭe hi jāyate |
brūyātkastattvavinnāma ghaṭaḥ pratyakṣa ityapi ||
etenaiva vicāreṇa sugandhi madhuraṃ mṛdu |
pratiṣedhayitavyāni sarvāṇyuttamabuddhinā || iti |
api ca | aparokṣārthavācitvātpratyakṣaśabdasya sākṣādabhimukho 'rthaḥ pratyakṣaḥ, pratigatamakṣamasminniti kṛtvā ghaṭanīlādīnāmaparokṣāṇāṃ pratyakṣatvaṃ siddhaṃ bhavati | tatparicchedakasya jñānasya tṛṇatuṣāgnivat pratyakṣakāraṇatvāt pratyakṣatvaṃ vyapadiśyate | yastu akṣamakṣaṃ prati vartata iti pratyakṣaśabdaṃ vyutpādayati, tasya jñānasyendriyāviṣayatvād viṣayaviṣayatvācca na yuktā vyutpattiḥ | prativiṣayaṃ tu syāt pratyarthamiti vā ||

atha syāt- yathā ubhayādhīnāyāmapi vijñānapravṛtau āśrayasya paṭumandatānuvidhānād vijñānānāṃ tadvikāravikāritvādāśrayeṇaivavyapadeśo bhavati cakṣurvijñānamiti, evaṃ yadyapi arthamartha prati vartate, tathāpi akṣamakṣamāśritya vartamānaṃ vijñānamāśrayeṇa vyapadeśāt pratyakṣamiti bhaviṣyati | dṛṣṭo hi asādhāraṇena vyapadeśo bherīśabdo yavāṅkura iti | naitatpūrveṇa tulyam | tatra hi viṣayeṇa ( Pp_25 ) vijñāne vyapadiśyamāne rūpavijñānamityevamādinā vijñānaṣaṭkasya bhedo nopadarśitaḥ syāt, manovijñānasya cakṣurādivijñānaiḥ sahaikaviṣayapravṛttatvāt | tathā hi nīlādivijñānaṣaṭke vijñānamityukte sākāṅkṣa eva pratyayājjāyate kimetadrūpīndriyajaṃ vijñānamāhosvinmānasamiti | āśrayeṇa tu vyapadeśe manovijñānasya cakṣurādivijñānaviṣaye pravṛttisaṃbhave 'pi parasparabhedaḥ siddho bhavati | iha tu pramāṇalakṣaṇavivakṣayā kalpanāpoḍhamātrasya pratyakṣatvābhyupagame sati vikalpādeva tadviśeṣatvābhimatatvādasādhāraṇakāraṇena vyapadeśe sati na kiṃcit prayojanamupalakṣyate | prameyaparatantrāyāṃ ca pramāṇasaṃkhyāpravṛttau prameyākārānukāritāmātratayā ca samāsāditātmabhāvasattākayoḥ pramāṇayoḥ svarūpasya vyavasthāpanānnendriyeṇa vyapadeśaḥ kiṃcidupakarotīti sarvathā viṣayeṇaiva vyapadeśo nyāyyaḥ ||
loke pratyakṣaśabdasya prasiddhatvādvivakṣite 'rthe pratyarthaśabdasyāprasiddhatvādāśrayeṇaiva vyutpattirāśrīyata iti cet, ucyate | astyayaṃ pratyakṣaśabdo loke prasiddhaḥ | sa tu yathā loke, tathā asmābhirucyata eva | yathāsthitalaukikapadārthatiraskāreṇa tu tadvayutpāde kriyamāṇe prasiddhaśabdatiraskāraḥ prasiddhaḥ syāt, tataśca pratyakṣamityevaṃ na syāt | ekasya ca cakṣurvijñānasya ekendriyakṣaṇāśrayasya pratyakṣatvaṃ na syād vīpsārthābhāvāt, ekaikasya ca pratyakṣatvābhāve bahūnāmapi na syāt ||
kalpanāpoḍhasyaiva ca jñānasya pratyakṣatvābhyupagamāt, tena ca lokasya saṃvyavahārābhāvāt, laukikasya ca pramāṇaprameyavyavahārasya vyākhyātumiṣṭatvād vyarthaiva pratyakṣapramāṇakalpanā saṃjāyate | cakṣurvijñānasāmaṅgī nīlaṃ jānāti no tu nīlamiti cāgamasya pratyakṣalakṣaṇābhidhānārthasyāprastutatvāt, pañcānāmindriyavijñānānāṃ jaḍatvapratipādakatvācca nāgamādapi kalpanāpoḍhasyaiva vijñānasya pratyakṣatvamiti na yuktametat | tasmālloke yadi lakṣyaṃ yadi vā svalakṣaṇaṃ sāmānyalakṣaṇaṃ vā, sarvameva sākṣādupalabhyamānatvādaparokṣam, ataḥ pratyakṣaṃ vyavasthāpyate tadviṣayeṇa jñānena saha | dvicandrādīnāṃ tu ataimirikajñānāpekṣayā apratyakṣatvam, taimirikādyapekṣayā tu pratyakṣatvameva ||
parokṣaviṣayaṃ tu jñānaṃ sādhyāvyabhicāriliṅgotpannamanumānam ||
sākṣādatīndriyārthavidāmāptānāṃ yadvacanaṃ sa āgamaḥ ||
sādṛśyādananubhūtārthadhigama upamānaṃ gauriva gavaya iti yathā ||
tadevaṃ pramāṇacatuṣṭayāllokasyārthādhigamo vyavasthāpyate ||
tāni ca parasparāpekṣayā sidhyanti- satsu pramāṇeṣu prameyārthāḥ, satsu prameyeṣvartheṣu pramāṇāni | no tu khalu svābhāvikī pramāṇaprameyayoḥ siddhiriti | tasmāllaukikamevāstu yathādṛṣṭamityalaṃ prasaṅgena | prastutameva vyākhyāsyāmaḥ | laukika eva darśane sthitvā buddhānāṃ bhagavatāṃ dharmadeśanā

atrāhuḥ svayūthyāḥ- yadidamuktaṃ na svata utpadyante bhāvā iti, tadyuktam, svata utpattivaiyarthyāt | yaccoktaṃ na dvābhyāmiti, tadapi yuktam, ekāṃśavaikalyāt | ahetupakṣastu ( Pp_26 ) ekāntanikṛṣṭa iti tatpratiṣedho 'pi yuktaḥ| yattu khalvidamucyate nāpi parata iti, tadayuktam yasmātparabhūtā eva bhagavatā bhāvānāmutpādakā nirdiṣṭāḥ |
catvāraḥ pratyayā hetuścālambanamanantaram |
tathaivādhipateyaṃ ca pratyayo nāsti pañcamaḥ

tatra nirvartako heturiti lakṣaṇāt, yo hi yasya nirvartako bījabhāvenāvasthitaḥ, sa tasya hetu pratyayaḥ | utpadyamāno dharmo yenālambanenotpadyate, sa tasyālambanapratyayaḥ | kāraṇasyānantaro nirodhaḥ kāryasyotpattipratyayaḥ, tadyathā bījasyānantaro nirodho 'ṅkurasyotpādapratyayaḥ | yasmin sati yadbhavati tattasyādhipateyamiti | ta ete catvāraḥ pratyayāḥ | ye cānye purojātasahajātapaścājjātādayaḥ, te eteṣveva antarbhūtāḥ | īśvarādayastu pratyayā eva na saṃbhavantīti, ata evāvadhārayati- pratyayo nāsti pañcama iti | tasmādebhyaḥ parabhūtebhyo bhāvānāmutpattirasti parata utpattiriti

atrocyate- naiva hi bhāvānāṃ parabhūtebhyaḥ pratyayebhya utpattiriti | yasmāt-
na hi svabhāvo bhāvānāṃ pratyayādiṣu vidyate |
avidyamāne svabhāve parabhāvo na vidyate

iti | yadi hi hetvādiṣu parabhuteṣu pratyayeṣu samasteṣu vyasteṣu vyastasamasteṣu hetupratyaya sāmagyā anyatra vā kvacid bhāvānāṃ kāryāṇāmutpādātpūrvaṃ sattvaṃ syāt, syāttebhya utpādaḥ | na caivaṃ yadutpādātpūrvaṃ saṃbhavaḥ syāt | yadi syāt, gṛhyeta ca, utpādavaiyarthyaṃ ca syāt | tasmānnaṃ cāsti bhāvānāṃ pratyayādiṣu svabhāvaḥ | avidyamāne ca svabhāve nāsti parabhāvaḥ | bhavanaṃ bhāva utpādaḥ, parebhya utpādaḥ parabhāvaḥ, sa na vidyate | tasmādayuktametat parabhūtebhyo bhāvānā mutpattiriti ||
athavā bhāvānāṃ kāryāṇāmaṅkurādīnāṃ vījādiṣu pratyayeṣu satsvavikṛtarūpeṣu nāsti svabhāvo nirhetukatvaprasaṅgāt ||
tatkimapekṣaṃ paratvaṃ pratyayādīnām? vidyamānayoreva hi maitropagrāhakayoḥ parasparāpekṣaṃ paratvam? na caivaṃ bījāṅkurayoryaugapadyam | tasmādavidyamāne svabhāve kāryāṇāṃ parabhāvaḥ paratvaṃ bījādīnāṃ nāstīti paravyapadeśābhāvādeva na parata utpāda iti | tasmādāgamābhiprāyānabhijñataiva parasya | na hi tathāgatā yuktiviruddhaṃ vākyamudāharanti | āgamasya cābhiprāyaḥ prāgevopavarṇitaḥ

tadevaṃ pratyayebhya utpādavādini pratiṣiddhe kriyāta utpādavādī manyate- na cakṣūrūpādayaḥ pratyayāḥ sākṣādvijñānaṃ janayanti | vijñānajanikriyāniṣpādakatvāttu pratyayā ucyante | sā ca kriyā vijñānaṃ janayati | tasmātpratyayavatī vijñānajanikriyā vijñānajanikā, na pratyayāḥ | yathā pacikriyā odanasyeti | ucyate-
kriyā na pratyayavatī
yadi kriyā kācit syāt, sā cakṣurādibhiḥ pratyayaiḥ pratyayavatī vijñānaṃ janayet | na ( Pp_27 ) tvasti | kathaṃ kṛtvā? iha kriyeyamiṣyamāṇā jāte vā vijñāne iṣyate, ajāte vā jāyamāne vā? tatra jāte na yuktā | kriyā hi bhāvaniṣpādikā | bhāvaścenniṣpannaḥ, kimasya kriyayā?
jātasya janma punareva ca naiva yuktam |
ityādinā ca madhyamakāvatāre pratipāditametat | ajāte 'pi na yuktā,
kartrā vinā janiriyaṃ na ca yuktarūpā |
ityādivacanāt | jāyamāne 'pi bhāve kriyā na saṃbhavati, jātājātavyatirekeṇa jāyamānābhāvāt | yathoktam-
jāyamānārthajātatvājjāyamāno na jāyate |
atha vā jāyamānatvaṃ sarvasyaiva prasajyate || iti |
yataścaivaṃ triṣu kāleṣu janikriyāyā asaṃbhavaḥ, tasmānnāsti sā | ata evāha- kriyā na pratyayavatī iti |
viśeṣaṇaṃ nāsti vinā viśeṣam |
ityādinā pratipāditametanmadhyamakāvatāre | na hi vandhyāputro gomānityucyate ||
yadyevam, apratyayavatī tarhi bhaviṣyatīti, etadapyayuktamityāha-
nāpratyayavatī kriyā |
yadā pratyayavatī nāsti, tadā kathamapratyayavatī nirhetukā syāt? na hi tantumayaḥ paṭo na yukta iti vīraṇamayo 'bhyupagamyate | tasmātkriyā na bhāvajanikā ||
atrāha- yadyevaṃ kriyāyā asaṃbhavaḥ, pratyayāstarhi janakā bhaviṣyanti bhāvānāmiti | ucyate-
pratyayā nākriyāvantaḥ
yadā kriyā nāsti, tadā kriyārahitā akriyāvanto nirhetukāḥ pratyayāḥ kathaṃ janakāḥ? atha kriyāvanta eva janakā iti, ucyate-
kriyāvantaśca santyuta

neti prakṛtenābhisaṃbandhaḥ | utaśabdo 'vadhāraṇe | tatra kriyāyā abhāva uktaḥ, kathaṃ kriyāvattvaṃ pratyayānāmiti? yathā ca vijñānajanikriyoktā, evaṃ parikriyādayo 'pi bhāvā uktā veditavyā iti nāsti kriyāto 'pi samutpattirbhāvānāmiti bhavatyutpādābhidhānamarthaśūnyam

atrāha- kiṃ na etena kriyāvantaḥ pratyayā ityādivicāreṇa? yasmāccakṣurādīn pratītya pratyayān vijñānādayo bhāvā jāyante, tasmāccakṣurādīnāṃ pratyayatvaṃ tebhyaścotpādo vijñānādīnāmiti | etadapyayuktamityāha-
utpadyate pratītyemānitīme pratyayāḥ kila |
yāvannotpadyata ime tāvannāpratyayāḥ katham

yadi cakṣurādīn pratyayān pratītya vijñānamutpadyate iti asya ime pratyayā ucyante, nanu yāvattadvijñānākhyaṃ kāryaṃ notpadyate tāvadime cakṣurādayaḥ kathaṃ nāpratyayāḥ? apratyayā evetyabhiprāyaḥ na cāpratyayebhya utpattiḥ sikatābhya iva tailasya |
atha matam- pūrvamapratyayāḥ santaḥ kiṃcidanyaṃ pratyayamapekṣya pratyayatvaṃ pratipadyanta iti, etadapyayuktam | yat tat pratyayāntaramapratyayasya tasya pratyayatvena kalpyate, tadapi pratyayatve sati asya pratyayo bhavati | tatrāpyeṣaiva cintaneti na yuktametat

kiṃ ca | iha ime cakṣurādayo vijñānasya pratyayāḥ kalpyamānāḥ sato vā asya kalpyeran, asato vā? sarvathā ca na yujyate ityāha-
naivāsato naiva sataḥ pratyayo 'rthasya yujyate |
kasmādityāha-
asataḥ pratyayaḥ kasya sataśca pratyayena kim

asato hyarthasya avidyamānasya kathaṃ pratyayaḥ syāt? bhaviṣyatā vyapadeśo bhaviṣyatīti cet, naivam-
bhaviṣyatā cedvayapadeśa iṣṭaḥ
śaktiṃ vinā nāsti hi bhāvitāsya |
ityādinoktadoṣatvāt | sato 'pi vidyamānasya labdhajanmano niṣphalaiva pratyayakalpanā ||
evaṃ samastānāṃ pratyayānāṃ kāryotpādanāsāmarthyena apratyayatvamudbhāvya ataḥ paraṃ vyastānāmapratyayatvaṃ pratipādyate ||
atrāha- yadyapyevaṃ pratyayānāmasaṃbhavaḥ, tathāpi astyeva lakṣaṇopadeśātpratyayaprasiddhiḥ | tatra nirvartako heturiti lakṣaṇamucyate hetupratyayasya | na cāvidyamānasya lakṣaṇopadeśo yukto bandhyāsutasyeveti | ucyate | syāddhetupratyayo yadi tasya lakṣaṇaṃ syāt | yasmāt-
na sannāsanna sadasan dharmo nirvartate yadā |
kathaṃ nirvartako heturevaṃ sati hi yujyate

tatra nirvartaka utpādakaḥ | yadi nirvartyo dharmo nirvarteta, tamutpādako heturutpādayet | na tu nirvartate, sadasadubhayarūpasya nirvartyasyābhāvāt | tatra sanna nirvartate vidyamānatvāt | asannapi, avidyamānatvāt | sadasannapi, parasparaviruddhasyaikārthasyābhāvāt, ubhayapakṣābhihitadoṣatvācca | yata evaṃ kāryasyotpattirnāsti, hetupratyayo 'pyato nāsti | tataśca yaduktaṃ lakṣaṇasaṃbhavādvidyate hetupratyaya iti, tadevaṃ sati na yujyate

idānīmālambanapratyayaniṣedhārthamāha-
anālambana evāyaṃ san dharma upadiśyate |
athānālambane dharme kuta ālambanaṃ punaḥ

iha sālambanadharmāḥ katame? sarvacittacaittā ityāgamāt | cittacaittā yenālambanenotpadyante yathāyogaṃ rūpādinā, sa teṣāmālambanapratyayaḥ | ayaṃ ca vidyamānānāṃ vā parikalpyeta avidyamānānāṃ vā | tatra vidyamānānāṃ nārthastadālambanapratyayena | dharmasya hi utpattyarthamālambanaṃ parikalpyate, sa cālambanātpūrvaṃ vidyamāna eveti | athaivamanālambane dharme svātmanā prasiddhe kimasya ālambanayogena parikalpitena, ityanālambana evāyaṃ san vidyamāno dharmaḥ cittādikaḥ kevalaṃ sālambana ityucyate bhavadbhiḥ svamanīṣikayā, na tvasya ālambanena kaścitsaṃbandho 'sti | athāvidyamānasyālambanaṃ parikalpyate, tadapi na yuktam, anālambana evāyamityādi | avidyamānasya hi nāsti ālambanena yogaḥ ||
anālambana evāyaṃ san dharma upadiśyate |
bhavadbhiḥ sālambana iti vākyaśeṣaḥ |
athānālambane dharme kuta ālambanaṃ punaḥ ||
atha śabdaḥ praśne | kuta iti hetau | tenāyamarthaḥ- athaivamanālambane dharme 'sati avidyamāne bhūyaḥ kuta ālambanam? ālambanakābhāvādālambanasyāpyabhāva ityabhiprāyaḥ | kathaṃ tarhi sālambanāścittacaittāḥ? sāṃvṛtametallakṣaṇaṃ na pāramārthikamityadoṣaḥ

idānīṃ samanantarapratyayaniṣedhārthamāha-
anutpanneṣu dharmeṣu nirodho nopapadyate |
nānantaramato yuktaṃ niruddhe pratyayaśca kaḥ

tatra paścime ślokasyārdhe pādavyatyayo draṣṭavyaḥ, caśabdaśca bhinnakramo niruddhe ceti | tenaivaṃ pāṭhaḥ- niruddhe ca pratyayaḥ kaḥ? nānantaramato yuktam iti | ślokabandhārthaṃ tvevamuktam ||
tatra kāraṇasyānantaro nirodhaḥ kāryasyotpādapratyayaḥ samanantarapratyayalakṣaṇam | atra vicāryate- anutpanneṣu dharmeṣu kāryabhūteṣvaṅkurādiṣu nirodho nopapadyate kāraṇasya bījādeḥ | yadaitadevam, tadā kāraṇasya nirodhābhāvādaṅkurasya kaḥ samanantarapratyayaḥ? athānutpanne 'pi kārye bījanirodha iṣyate, evaṃ sati niruddha bīje abhāvībhūte aṅkurasya kaḥ pratyayaḥ? ko vā bījanirodhasya pratyaya iti | ubhayametadahetukamityāha- niruddhe ca kaḥ pratyaya iti | caśabdo 'nutpannaśabdāpekṣaḥ | tena anutpanne cāṅkure bījādīnāṃ nirodhe iṣyamāṇe 'pyubhayametadahetukamapadyata iti nānantaramato yuktam | atha vā | na svato nāpi parata ityādinā utpādo niṣiddhaḥ, tamabhisaṃdhāyāha-
anutpanneṣu dharmeṣu nirodho nopapadyate |
nānantaramato yuktam iti |
api ca |
niruddhe pratyayaśca kaḥ ||
ityatra pūrvakameva vyākhyānam

idānīmadhipatipratyayasvarūpaniṣedhārthamāha- bījādīnāṃ
bhāvānāṃ niḥsvabhāvānāṃ na sattā vidyate yataḥ |
satīdamasmin bhavatītyetannaivopapadyate

iha yasmin sati yadbhavati, tattasya ādhipateyamityadhipatipratyayalakṣaṇam | bhāvānāṃ ca pratītyasamutpannatvāt svabhāvābhāve kutastada yadasminniti kāraṇatvena vyapadiśyate, kutastad yadidamiti kāryatvena? tasmānnāsti lakṣaṇato 'pi pratyayasiddhiḥ

atrāha- tantvādibhyaḥ paṭādikamupalabhya paṭādestantvādayaḥ pratyayā iti | ucyate paṭādiphalapravṛttireva svarūpato nāsti, kutaḥ pratyayānāṃ pratyayatvaṃ setsyati? yathā ca paṭādiphalapravṛttirasatī, tathā pratipādayannāha-
na ca vyastasamasteṣu pratyayeṣvasti tatphalam |
pratyayebhyaḥ kathaṃ tacca bhavenna pratyayeṣu yat

tatra vyasteṣu tantuturīvematasaraśalākādiṣu pratyayeṣu paṭo nāsti, tatrānupalabhyamānatvāt kāraṇabahutvācca kāryabahutvaprasaṅgāt | samuditeṣvapi tantvādiṣu nāsti paṭaḥ, pratyekamavayaveṣvavidyamānatvāt, ekasya kāryasya khaṇḍaśa utpattiprasaṅgāt | tasmātphalābhāvānna santi pratyayāḥ svabhāvata iti

athāsadapi tattebhyaḥ pratyayebhyaḥ pravartate |
ityabhiprāyaḥ syāt-
apratyayebhyo 'pi kasmātphalaṃ nābhipravartate

apratyayeṣvapi nāsti phalamiti | apratyayebhyo 'pi vīraṇādibhyaḥ kasmānnābhipravartate paṭa iti nāsti phalapravṛttiḥ svarūpataḥ

atrāha- yadi anyat phalaṃ syādanye ca pratyayāḥ, tadā kiṃ pratyayeṣu phalamasti nāstīti cintā syāt | nāsti tu vyatiriktaṃ phalam, kiṃ tarhi pratyayamayameveti? ucyate-
phalaṃ ca pratyayamayaṃ pratyayāścāsvayaṃmayāḥ |
phalamasvamayebhyo yattatpratyayamayaṃ katham

yadi pratyayamayaṃ pratyayavikāraḥ phalamiti vyavasthāpyate, tadayuktam | yasmātte 'pi pratyayā asvayaṃmayā apratyayasvabhāvā ityarthaḥ | tantumayo hi paṭa ityucyate | syāt paṭo yadi tantava eva ( Pp_31 ) svabhāvasiddhāḥ syuḥ | te hi aṃśumayā aṃśuvikārā na svabhāvasiddhāḥ | tataśca tebhyo 'svayaṃmayebhyo 'svabhāvebhyo yatphalaṃ paṭākhyam, tatkathaṃ tantumayaṃ bhaviṣyati? yathoktam-
paṭaḥ kāraṇataḥ siddhaḥ siddhaṃ kāraṇamanyataḥ |
siddhiryasya svato nāsto tadanyajjanayetkatham || iti

tasmānna pratyayamayaṃ
phalaṃ saṃvidyate | apratyayamayaṃ tarhi astu-
nāpratyayamayaṃ phalam |
saṃvidyate
iti tantumayo yadā paṭo nāsti, tadā kathaṃ vīraṇamayaḥ syā?
atrāha- mā bhūtphalam, pratyayāpratyayaniyamastu vidyate | tathā ca bhavān bravīti- yadi asat phalaṃ pratyayebhyaḥ pravartate, apratyayebhyo 'pi kasmānnābhipravartate iti | na cāsati phale paṭakaṭākhye tantuvīraṇānāṃ pratyayānāṃ pratyayatvaṃ yuktam, ataḥ phalamapyastīti | ucyate | syātphalaṃ yadi pratyayāpratyayā eva syuḥ | sati hi phale ime 'sya pratyayā ime 'pratyayā iti syāt | tacca vicāryamāṇaṃ nāstīti-
phalābhāvātpratyayāpratyayāḥ kutaḥ

pratyayāśca apratyayāśceti samāsaḥ || tasmānnāsti bhāvānāṃ svabhāvataḥ samutpattiriti | yathoktamāryaratnākarasūtre-
śūnyavidya na hi vidyate kvaci antarīkṣi śakunasya vā padam |
yo na vidyati sabhāvataḥ kvaci so na jātu parahetu bheṣyati ||
yasya naiva hi sabhāvu labhyati so 'svabhāvu parapaccayaḥ katham |
asvabhāvu paru kiṃ janīṣyati eṣa hetu sugatena deśitaḥ ||
sarva dharma acalā dṛḍhaṃ sthitā nirvikāra nirupadravāḥ śivāḥ |
antarīkṣapathatulya 'jānakā tatra muhyati jagaṃ ajānakam ||
śailaparvata yathā akampiyā evaṃ dharma avikampiyāḥ sadā |
no cyavati na pi copapadyayu evaṃ dharmata jinena deśitā || ityādi |
tathā-
yo na pi jāyati nā cupapadyī no cyavate na pi jīryati dharmaḥ |
taṃ jinu deśayatī narasiṃhaḥ tatra niveśayi sattvaśatāni |
yasya sabhāvu na vidyati kaści no parabhāvatu kenaci labdhaḥ |
nāntarato na pi bāhirato vā labhyati tatra niveśayi nāthaḥ ||
śānta gatī kathitā sugatena no ca gati upalabhyati kāci |
tatra ca voharasī gatimukto muktaku mocayamī bahusattvān || iti vistaraḥ