Vigrahavyāvartanī (another edition) · Verses 62-72
sata eva pratiṣedho yadi śūnyatvaṃ nanvapratiṣiddhamidam /
pratiṣedhayate hi bhavān bhāvānāṃ niḥsvabhāvatvam
pratiṣedhayase 'tha tvaṃ śūnyatvaṃ tacca nāsti śūnyatvam /
pratiṣedhaḥ sata iti te nanvevaṃ hīyate vādaḥ
pratiṣedhayāmi nāhaṃ kiṃcit pratiṣedhyamasti na ca kiṃcit /
tasmāt pratiṣedhayasītyadhilaya eva tvayā kriyate
yaccāhaṃ te vacanādasataḥ pratiṣedhavacanasiddhiriti /
atra jñāpayate vāgasaditi tanna pratinihanti
mṛgatṛṣṇādṛṣṭānte yaḥ punaruktaṃ tvayā mahāṃścaryaḥ /
tatrāpi nirṇayaṃ śṛṇu yathā sa dṛṣṭānta upapannaḥ
sa yadi svabhāvataḥ syāt bhāvo na syāt pratītyasamudbhūtaḥ /
yaśca pratītya bhavati grāho nanu śūnyatā saiva
yadi ca svabhāvataḥ syād grāhaḥ kastaṃ nivartayed grāhyam /
śeṣeṣvapyeṣa vidhistasmād doṣo 'nupālambhaḥ
etena hetvabhāvaḥ pratyuktaḥ pūrvameva sa samatvāt /
mṛgatṛṣṇādṛṣṭāntavyāvṛttividhau ya uktaḥ prāk
yastraikālye hetuḥ pratyuktaḥ pūrvameva sa samatvāt /
traikālyapratihetuśca śūnyatāvādināṃ prāptaḥ
prabhavati ca śūnyateyaṃ yasya prabhavanti tasya sarvārthāḥ /
prabhavati na tasya kiṃ na bhavati śūnyatā yasyeti
yaḥ śūnyatāṃ pratītyasamutpādaṃ madhyamāṃ pratipadamanekārthām /
nijagāda praṇamāmi tamapratimasaṃbuddham
Original text: Vigrahavyāvartanī · Edition: P.L. Vaidya: Madhyamaka shastra. Darbhanga : Mithila Institute, 1960, pp. 277-295. (Buddhist Sanskrit Texts, 10) · Data entry members of the Digital Sanskrit Buddhist Canon Input Project · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0