Prasannapada · Chapter 67

iha hi bhagavatā uṣitabrahmacaryāṇāṃ tathāgataśāsanapratipannānnāṃ dharmānudharmapratipattiyuktānāṃ pudgalānāṃ dvividhaṃ nirvāṇamupavarṇitaṃ sopadhiśeṣaṃ nirupadhiśeṣaṃ ca | tatra niravaśeṣasya avidyārāgādikasya kleśagaṇasya prahāṇāt sopadhiśeṣaṃ nirvāṇamiṣyate | tatra upadhīyate 'sminnātmasnehaḥ iti upadhiḥ | upadhiśabdena ātmaprajñaptinimittāḥ pañcopādānaskandhā ucyante | śiṣyata iti śeṣaḥ, upadhireva śeṣaḥ upadhiśeṣaḥ, saha upadhiśeṣeṇa vartate iti sopadhiśeṣam | kiṃ tat? nirvāṇam | tacca skandhamātrakameva kevalaṃ satkāyadṛṣṭayādikleśataskararahitamavaśiṣyate nihatāśeṣacauragaṇagrāmamātrāvasthānasādharmyeṇa | tat sopadhiśeṣaṃ nirvāṇam | yatra tu nirvāṇe skandhapañcakamapi nāsti, tannirupadhiśeṣaṃ nirvāṇam | nirgataḥ upadhiśeṣo 'sminniti kṛtvā | nihatāśeṣacauragaṇasya grāmamātrasyāpi vināśasādharmyeṇa | tadeva ca adhikṛtya ucyate-
abhedi kāyo nirodhi saññā vedanā pi ti dahaṃsu sabbā |
vūpasamiṃsu saṃkhārā viññāṇamatthamagamā ti ||
tathā-
asaṃlīnena kāyena vedanāmadhyavāsayat |
pradyotasyeva nirvāṇaṃ vimokṣastasya cetasaḥ || iti |
tadevaṃ nirupadhiśeṣaṃ nirvāṇaṃ skandhānāṃ nirodhāllabhyate | etacca dvividhaṃ nirvāṇaṃ kathaṃ yujyate yadi kleśānāṃ skandhānāṃ ca nirodho bhavati? yadā tu sarvamidaṃ śūnyam, naiva kiṃcidutpadyate nāpi kiṃcinnirudhyate, tadā kutaḥ kleśāḥ, kuto vā skandhāḥ, yeṣāṃ nirodhe nirvāṇaṃ syāditi? tasmādvidyata eva bhāvānāṃ svabhāva iti

atrocyate | nanu evamapi sasvabhāvābhyupagame-
yadyaśūnyamidaṃ sarvamudayo nāsti na vyayaḥ |
prahāṇādvā nirodhādvā kasya nirvāṇamiṣyate