Prasannapada · Chapter 4

tatra uparatagamikriyamadhvajātaṃ gatamityucyate | āviśyamānaṃ gamikriyayā vartamānaṃ gamyata ityucyate | yadgatamuparatagamikriyaṃ tadvartamānagamikriyāyogavācinā gamyate ityanena śabdenocyamānamasaṃbaddhamiti kṛtvā gataṃ tāvad gamyata iti na yujyate | tāvacchabdena ca pratiṣedhakramaṃ darśayati ||
agatamapi na gamyate | agataṃ hi anupajātagamikriyamanāgatamucyate, gamyata iti ca vartamānam | ato 'nāgatavartamānayoratyantabhedādagatamapi gamyata iti na yujyate | yadi agataṃ kathaṃ gamyate, atha gamyate na tadagatamiti ||
gamyamāne 'pi nāsti gamanam, yasmāt-
gatāgatavinirmuktaṃ gamyamānaṃ na gamyate |
iha hi gantā yaṃ deśamatikrāntaḥ sa tasya deśo gataḥ, yaṃ ca nātikrāntaḥ so 'syānāgataḥ | na ca gatāgatavyatirekeṇa tṛtīyamaparamadhvajātaṃ paśyāmo gamyamānaṃ nāma | yataścaivaṃ gamyamānaṃ na gamyate, gamyata iti na prajñāyate, tasmānnāsti gamyamānam | ato na tad gamikriyayā āviśyate na gamyata iti nāsti gamyamāne 'pi gamanam ||
atha syāt- ganturgacchato yaścaraṇākrānto deśaḥ, sa gamyamānaḥ syāditi | naivam, caraṇayorapi paramāṇusāṃghātatvāt | aṅgulyagrāvasthitasya paramāṇoryaḥ pūrvo deśaḥ, sa tasya gate 'ntargataḥ | pārṣṇyavasthitasya caramaparamāṇorya uttaro deśaḥ, sa tasya agate 'ntargataḥ | na ca paramāṇuvyatirekeṇa caraṇamasti | tasmānnāsti gatāgatavyatirekeṇa gamyamānam | yathā caivaṃ caraṇe vicāraḥ, evaṃ paramāṇūnāmapi pūrvāparadigbhāgasaṃbandhena vicāraḥ kārya iti | athārdhagataṃ gamyamānam, uktamuttaraṃ jāyamānavicāreṇa | tasmādgamyamānaṃ na gamyate iti siddham

tatrāha- gamyata eva gamyamānam | iha hi-
ceṣṭā yatra gatistatra gamyamāne ca sā yataḥ |
na gate nāgate ceṣṭā gamyamāne gatistataḥ