Prasannapada · Chapter 26

prāk tāvaddarśanādibhya ātmā nāsti, tatra hi tasyāstitvābhāvāt | darśanādisahabhūto 'pi nāsti, pṛthakpṛthagasiddhayoḥ sahabhāvādarśanāt śaśaśṛṅgayoriva | ātmopādānayośca parasparanirapekṣayo pṛthakpṛthagasiddhatvāt sāṃpratamapi nāsti | urdhvamapi | yadi hi pūrvaṃ darśanādīni syuḥ, uttarakālamātmā syāt, tadānīmūrdhvaṃ saṃbhavet | na caivam, akartṛkasya karmaṇo 'siddhatvāt | yaścaivamātmā darśanādibhyaḥ prāk paścād yugapacca parīkṣyamāṇo nāsti, tasya idānīmanupalabdhasvabhāvasya astitvaṃ nāstitvaṃ vā kaḥ parikalpayetprājñaḥ? tasmātkarmakārakavadeva upādānopādātroḥ parasparāpekṣā siddhirna svābhāvikīti sthitam ||
ata evoktaṃ bhagavatā āryasamādhirājabhaṭṭārake-
tahi kāli so daśabalo anagho jinu bhāṣate imu samādhivaram |
supinopamā bhagavatī sakalā na hi kaści jāyati na co mriyate ||
na ca sattvu labhyati na jīvu naro imi dharma phenakadalīsadṛśāḥ |
māyopamā gaganavidyusamā dakacandrasaṃnibha marīcisamāḥ ||
na ca asmi loki mṛtu kaści naro paraloka saṃkramati gacchati vā |
na ca karma naśyati kadāci kṛtaṃ phalu deti kṛṣṇaśubha saṃsarato ||
na ca śāśvataṃ na ca uccheda puno na ca karmasaṃcayu na cāpi sthitiḥ |
na ca so 'pi kṛtva punarāspṛśati na ca anyu kṛtva puna vedayate ||
na ca saṃkramo na ca punāgamanaṃ na ca sarvamasti na ca nāsti punaḥ |
na ca dṛṣṭisthānagatiśuddhiriha na ca sattvacārasupaśāntagati ||
anutpāda śānta animittapadaṃ sugatāna gocara jināna guṇā |
bala dhāraṇī daśabalāna balaṃ buddhāniyaṃ vṛṣamitā paramā ||
ityācāryacandrakīrtipādoparacitāyāṃ prasannapadāyāṃ madhyamakavṛttau pūrvaparīkṣā nāma navamaṃ prakaraṇam ||
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agnīndhanaparīkṣā daśamaṃ prakaraṇam |
atrāha- yadidamuktaṃ tasmātkarmakārakavadeva upādānopādātrorapi na svābhāvikī siddhiriti, tadayuktam, sāpekṣāṇāmapi padārthānāṃ sasvābhāvyadarśanāt | tathā hi agnirindhanamapekṣya bhavati | na ca niḥsvabhāvo 'gniḥ, tasya auṣṇyadāhakatvādisvabhāvakāryopalambhāt | evamagnimapekṣya indhanaṃ bhavati | na ca tanniḥsvabhāvam, bāhyamahābhūtacatuṣṭayasvabhāvatvāt | evamupādānasāpekṣo 'pyupādātā svabhāvato bhaviṣyati, upādātṛsāpekṣaṃ copādānamityagnīndhanavadetau bhaviṣyata upādānopādātārāviti | ucyate | syādetadevam, yadi agnīndhane eva syātām, na tu staḥ | katham? iha yadi agnīndhane syātām, niyataṃ te ekatvena vā syātāmanyatvena vā? ubhayathā tu na yujyata ityāha-
yadindhanaṃ sa cedagnirekatvaṃ kartṛkarmaṇoḥ |
anyaścedindhanādagnirindhanādapyṛte bhavet