Vakyapadiya · Chapter 3.11

saṃkhyāvān sattvabhūto 'rthaḥ sarva evābhidhīyate
bhedābhedavibhāgo hi loke saṃkhyānibandhanaḥ //

sa dharmo vyatirikto vā teṣāṃ ātmaiva vā tathā
bhedahetutvam āśritya saṃkhyeti vyapadiśyate //

samavetā paricchedye kva cid anyatra sā sthitā
prakalpayati bhāvānāṃ saṃkhyā bhedaṃ tathātmanaḥ //

paratve cāparatve ca bhede tulyā śrutir yathā
saṃkhyāśabdābhidheyatvaṃ bhedahetos tathā guṇe //

asvatantre svatantratvaṃ paradharmo yathā guṇe
abhedye bhedyabhāvo 'pi dravyadharmas tathā guṇe //

svabuddhyā tam apoddhṛtya loko 'py āgamam āśritaḥ
svadharmād anyadharmeṇa vyācaṣṭe pratipattaye //

paropakāratattvānāṃ svātantryenābhidhāyakaḥ
śabdaḥ sarvapadārthānā svadharmad viprakṛṣyate //

yathaivāviṣayaṃ jñānaṃ na kiṃ cid avabhāsate
tathā bhāvo 'py asaṃsṛṣṭo na kaś cid upalabhyate //

bhedena tu samākhyātaṃ yal loko 'py anuvartate
āgamāc chāstrasadṛśo vyavahāraḥ sa varṇyate //

buddhau sthiteṣu teṣv evam adhyāropo na durlabhaḥ
paradharmasya na hy atra sadasattvaṃ prayojakam //

sāmānyeṣv api sāmānyaṃ viśeṣeṣu viśiṣṭatā
saṃkhyāsu saṃkhyā liṅgeṣu liṅgam evaṃ prakalpate //

ato dravyāśritāṃ saṃkhyām āhuḥ saṃsargavādinaḥ
bhedābhedavyatīteṣu bhedābhedavidhāyinīm //

ātmāntarānāṃ yenātmā tadrūpa iva lakṣyate
atadrūpeṇa saṃsargāt sā nimittasarūpatā //

saṃsṛṣṭeṣv api nirbhāge bhūteṣv arthakriyā yathā
sattvādiṣu ca mātrāsu sarvāsv evaṃ pratīyate //

dvitvādiyonir ekatvaṃ bhedās tatpūrvakā yataḥ
vinā tena na saṃkhyānām anyāsām asti saṃbhavaḥ //

ekatve buddhisahite nimittaṃ dvitvajanmani
ekatvābhyāṃ samutpannam evaṃ vā tat pratīyate //

ekatvasamudāyo vā sāpekṣe vā pṛthak pṛthak
ekatve dvitvam ity evaṃ tayor dvivacanaṃ bhavet //

eko 'pi guṇabhedena saṅgho bhedaṃ prakalpayet
āśrayāśrayibhedo hi tadāśrayanibandhanaḥ //

saṃkhyeyasaṅghasaṃkhyāna saṅghaḥ saṃkhyeti kathyate
vimśatyādisu sānyasva dravyasaṅghasya bhedikā //

ekaviṃśatisaṃkhvāvāṃ saṃkhyāntarasarūpayoḥ
ekasyāṃ buddhyanāvṛttyā, bhāgayor iva kalpanā //

asaṃkhyāsamudāyatvāt saṃkhyākāryaṃ vidhīyate
samūhatve tu tan na syāt svāṅgādisamudāyavat //

saṃkhyeyāntaratantrāsu yā saṃkhyāsu pravartate
āvṛttivargasaṃkhyeyā tāṃ saṃkhyāṃ tādṛśīṃ viduḥ //

na saṃkhyāyāṃ na saṃkhyeye dvau daśety asti saṃbhavaḥ
bhedābhāvān na saṃkhyāyāṃ virodhān na tadāśraye //

saṃkhyāyete daśadvargau dvidaśā iti saṃkhyayā
tadrūpe vāpi saṃkhyeya āvṛttiḥ parigaṇyate //

saṃkhyā nāma na saṃkhyāsti saṃjñaiṣeti yathocyate
rūpaṃ na rūpam apy evaṃ samjñā sā hi sitādiṣu //

saṃkhyānajātiyogāt tu saṃkhyā saṃkhyeti kathyate
rūpatvajātiyogāc ca rūpe rūpam iti smṛtam //

nimittam ekam ity atra vibhaktyā nābhidhīyate
tadvatas tu yad ekatvaṃ vibhaktis tatra vartate //

ekasya pracayo dṛṣṭaḥ samūhaś ca dvayos tathā
nimittavyatirekeṇa saṃkhyānyā bhedikā tataḥ //

tad ekam api caikatvaṃ vibhaktiśravaṇād ṛte
nocyate tena śabdena vibhaktyā tu sahocyate //

anvayavyatirekau ca yadi syād vacanāntaram
syātām asati tasmimś ca prakṛtyartho na kalpyate //

ekatvam eka ity atra śuddhadravyaviśeṣaṇam
saguṇas tu prakṛtyartho vibhaktyarthena bhidyate //

dvyekayor iti nirdeśāt saṃkhyāmātre 'pi saṃbhavaḥ
ekādīnāṃ prasiddhyā tu saṃkhyeyārthatvam ucyate //