Prasannapada · Chapter 70
tatra avidyā ajñānaṃ tamo yathābhūtārthapracchādakaṃ stimitatā | avidyayā nivṛtaḥ chāditaḥ pudgalaḥ punarbhavāya punarbhavārthaṃ punarbhavotpattyarthamabhisaṃskaroti utpādayati yān kuśalādicetanāviśeṣāṃste punarbhavābhisaṃskārāt saṃskārāḥ | te ca trividhāḥ- kuśalā akuśalā ānejyāśca, yadi vā- kāyikā vācikā mānasāśceti | tāṃstrividhān karmalakṣaṇān saṃskārānavidyānivṛtaḥ pudgalaḥ karoti | taiśca saṃskārairabhisaṃskṛtaiḥ karmabhiḥ karmasaṃjñitaiḥ taddhetukāṃ gatiṃ gacchati
tato 'sya-
vijñānaṃ saṃniviśate saṃskārapratyayaṃ gatau |
kṛtopacitasaṃskārasyāsya pudgalasya saṃskārānurūpāyāṃ gatau devādikāyāṃ saṃskārahetukaṃ vijñānaṃ saṃniviśate praviśati upapadyate saṃsārānarthabījabhūtam | tata uttarakālam-
saṃniviṣṭe 'tha vijñāne nāmarūpaṃ niṣicyate
Original text: Prasannapada · Edition: P.L. Vaidya: Madhyamakaśāstra of Nāgārjuna, with the Commentary: Prasannapadā by Candrakīrti. Darbhaga 1960 (Buddhist Sanskrit Texts, 10). · Data entry members of the Digital Sanskrit Buddhist Canon Input Project · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0