Introduction

yuktidīpikā //

vītāvītaviṣāṇasya pakṣatāvanasevinaḥ /
pravādāḥ sāṃkhyakariṇaḥ sallakīṣaṃḍabhaṅgurāḥ // 1 //
ṛṣaye paramāyārkamarīcisamatejase /
saṃsāragahanamadhvāntasūryāya gurave namaḥ // 2 //
tattvaṃ jijñāsamānāya viprāyāsuraye muniḥ /
taduvāca mahattantraṃ duḥkhatrayanivṛttaye // 3 //
na tasyādhigamaḥ śakyaḥ kartuṃ varṣaśatairapi /
bhūyastvāditi saṃcintya munibhiḥ sūkṣmabuddhibhiḥ // 4 //
granthenālpena saṃkṣipya tadārṣamanuśāsanam /
nibaddhamamalaprajñaiḥ śiṣyāṇāṃ hitakāmyayā // 5 //
pratipakṣāḥ punastasya puruṣeśāṇuvādinaḥ /
vaināśikāḥ prākṛtikā vikārapuruṣāstathā // 6 //
teṣāmicchāvighātārthamācāryaiḥ sūkṣmabuddhibhiḥ /
racitāḥ sveṣu tantreṣu viṣamāstarkagahvarāḥ // 7 //
śiṣyairduravagāhāste tattvārthabhrāntabuddhibhiḥ /
tasmādīśvarakṛṣṇena saṃkṣiptārthamidaṃ kṛtam // 8 //
saptatyākhyaṃ prakaraṇaṃ sakalaṃ śāstrameva vā /
yasmāt sarvapadārthānāmiha vyākhyā kariṣyate // 9 //
pradhānāstitvamekatvamarthavattvamathānyatā /
pārārthyañca tathānaikyaṃ viyogo yoga eva ca // 10 //
śeṣavṛttirakartṛtvaṃ cūlikārthāḥ smṛtā daśa /
viparyayaḥ pañcavidhastathoktā nava tuṣṭayaḥ // 11 //
karaṇānāmasāmarthyamaṣṭāviṃśatidhā matam /
iti ṣaṣṭiḥ padārthānāmaṣṭābhiḥ saha siddhibhiḥ // 12 //
yathākramaṃ lakṣaṇataḥ kārtsnyenehābhidhāsyate /
tasmādataḥ śāstramidamalaṃ nānātvasiddhaye // 13 //
alpagranthamanalpārthaṃ sarvaistantraguṇairyutam /
pāramarṣasya tantrasya bimbamādarśagaṃ yathā // 14 //
tasya vyākhyāṃ kariṣyāmi yathānyāyopapattaye /
kāruṇyādapyayuktāṃ tāṃ pratigṛhṇantu sūrayaḥ // 15 //

āha, kariṣyati bhavān vyākhyām / idaṃ tvādāvupanyastaṃ sarvaistantraguṇairyutamidaṃ tantramiti / ke tantraguṇāḥ, kiyanto veti ?

ucyate -

sūtrapramāṇāvayavopapattiranyūnatā saṃśayanirṇayoktiḥ /
uddeśanirdeśamanukramaśca saṃjñopadeśāviha tantrasampat //

sūtrāṇi ca pramāṇāni ca avayavāśca, sūtrapramāṇāvayavāḥ / teṣām upapattiḥ sūtrapramāṇāvayavopapattiḥ / upapattiḥ sambhava ityanarthāntaram / ananyo'rtho'narthāntaram / upapattiśabdaḥ pratyekaṃ parisamāpyate sūtropapattirityādi /
āha, lakṣaṇopetasūtropapattiriti vaktavyam /
itarathā hi alakṣaṇopetasyāpi sūtrasya tantrāṅgabhāvaḥ syāditi /
ucyate na, nāntarīyakatvāt / na hyantareṇa lakṣaṇopetatvaṃ sūtratvam / ato na vaktavyametaditi /
āha, atha sūtramiti kasmāt ?
ucyate- sūcanāt sūtram / sūcayati tāṃstānarthaviśeṣāniti sūtram / tadyathā- kāraṇamastyavyaktam (ISk 16), bhedānāṃ parimāṇāditi (ISk 15) / atra pratijñāhetū kaṇṭhoktau / tayorupayogi dṛṣṭāntaṃ sādhyasiddhaye samarthamiti kṛtvā mūlaśakalādayo'trāntaranabhihitā apyetasmādavasīyante / athavā bhikṣorupasaṃhṛtabahiṣkaraṇāntaḥkaraṇasya teṣu teṣvatīndriyeṣu api pradhānādiṣvartheṣu buddhiṃ sūcayatīti sūtram / athavā, saukṣmyāttadanupalabdhiriti (ISk 8) sūtram / tadyathā-

alpākṣaramasandigdhaṃ sāravadviśvatomukham /
astobhamanavadyaṃ ca sūtraṃ sūtravido viduḥ //

astobhamapunaruktamityarthaḥ / tathā

labhūni sūcitārthāni svalpākṣarapadāni ca /
sarvataḥ sārabhūtāni sūtrāṇyāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ //

pramāṇāni ca pratyakṣādīni, tānyuttaratra vakṣyati'dṛṣṭamanumānamāptavacanaṃ ca'; (ISk 4),'prativiṣayādhyavasāyo dṛṣṭamityādi'; (ISk 5) /
avayavāḥ punarjijñāsādayaḥ, pratijñādayaśca / tatra jijñāsādayo vyākhyāṅgam / pratijñādayaḥ parapratyāyanāṅgam /tānuttaratra vakṣyāmaḥ /
āha, avayavānabhidhānamupadeśāt / na hi tathā pratyakṣādīni pramāṇānyupadiṣṭāni tathā avayavā upadiṣṭāḥ / tasmādavayavopapattirityetadasat /
bhāṣyakāraprāmāṇyādadoṣa iti cet syānmatam / yadyapi sūtrakāreṇāvayavopadeśo na kṛtastathāpi bhāṣyakārāḥ kecideṣāṃ saṃgrahaṃ cakruḥ / te ca naḥ pramāṇam / tasmādyukatamavayavopapattiriti / etaccāyuktam / kasmāt ?
utsūtratvāt / nahyutsūtraṃ vyācakṣāṇā bhāṣyakārāḥ pramāṇaṃ bhavanti / tathā caitadutsūtritamiti /
ucyate, na / liṅgāt / naitadyuktamanupadeśānna santi jijñāsādayaḥ / kintarhyanupadiṣṭamapyeṣāmastitvaṃ liṅgāt pratipadyāmahe yadayamācāryo duḥkhatrayābhighātājjijñāsā tadapaghātake hetāviti (ISk 1) jijñāsāprayojanamācaṣṭe / kāraṇamastyavyaktamiti (ISk 16) pratijñāṃ karoti / bhedānāṃ parimāṇāditi (ISk 15) hetumupadiśati / naṭavad vyavatiṣṭhate liṅgamiti (ISk 42) dṛṣṭāntaṃ dyotayati / kṣīrasya yathā tathā pravṛttiḥ pradhānastyetyupasaṃharati (ISk 57) / tasmāt trividhaṃ karaṇaṃ dvārīti (ISk 35) nigamayati / na cānabhipretairācāryāṇāṃ śāstre vyavahāro lakṣyate / tena vayaṃ liṅgātpratipadyāmahe santi jijñāsādayo'vayavāḥ śāstra iti /
āha, satāmanupadeśe prayojanavacanam / evaṃ cenmanyase- santi jijñāsādayo'vayavāḥ, śāstre teṣāmanupadeśe prayojanaṃ vaktavyam- amuṣmāddhetorācāryeṇa nopadiśyante, santi ca te iti /
ucyate, pramāṇāntarbhāvāt / pramāṇeṣvantarbhāva eṣāmityayamupadiṣṭo heturasmābhiḥ / anumānāṅgaṃ hi jijñāsādayaḥ, tasmāttadantarbhūtāste iti na pṛthagupadiśyante / kiñca, tantrāntarokteḥ / tantrāntareṣu hi vindhyavāsiprabhṛtirācāryairupadiṣṭāḥ / pramāṇaṃ ca naste ācāryā ityataścānupadeśo jijñāsādīnāmiti /
āha na, pramāṇānupadeśaprasaṃgāt / yadi ca tantrāntaropadeśādevāvayavānāmanupadeśaḥ, pratyakṣādīnyapi ca tantrāntareṣūpadiśyante / śrotrādivṛttiḥ pratyakṣam / sambandhādekasmāccheṣasiddhiranumānam / yo yatrābhiyuktaḥ karmaṇi cāduṣṭassa tatrāptastasyopadeśa āptavacanamiti teṣāmapyanupadeśaprasaṅgaḥ / atha sati tantrāntaropadeśe pramāṇānyupadiśyante nāvayavā iti, nanvetadicchāmātramiti /
ucyate, pūrva eva tarhi parihāro'stu / athavā punarastu tantrāntarokterityayamapi parihāraḥ / yattūktaṃ pramāṇānupadeśaprasaṅga iti atra brūmaḥ- ayuktametat / kasmāt ? prayojanavatāmupadeśasyādoṣatvāt / anupadeśo hi prayojanavataścodyata iti yuktametat / upadeśameva tu sadoṣa iti kṛtvā kaḥ pratyācakṣīta ? tasmānna kiñcidetat / kiñcānyat, pradhānopadeśe guṇabhūtāntarbhāvasiddheḥ / tadyathā, takṣṇuhi caitra ityukte yāvadbhissādhanaviśeṣairvinā takṣaṇaṃ nopapadyate sarvāstāṃścaitra upādatte / tathā pratyakṣādiṣu pramāṇeṣūpadiṣṭeṣu yaireṣāmavinābhāvaḥ sarvāṇi tānyupādāsyāmahe / kiñcānyāt, anyatrāpi tadanuṣṭhānāt / na kevalamiha, anyatrāpyayamācāryaḥ pradhānāmevopadeśaṃ karoti / tadaṅgabhūtāstu tadupadeśādeva pratīyante / tadyathā, kāraṇamastyavyaktam (ISk 16) bhedānāṃ parimāṇāditi (ISk 15) / itarathā hi dṛṣṭāntābhāvādasādhanametatsyāt / paśyati tvācāryo nādṛṣṭāntaṃ sādhanaṃ sādhyamāpnotīti kṛtvā pratipādakāḥ pratipādanakāle tantrāntaropadiṣṭānapi mūlaśakalādīnākṣepsyanti iti / kiñcānyat, anumāne bhūtavadupadeśāt / ataścaitadevaṃ yadayamācāryastrividhamanumānamākhyātamiti (ISk 5) bravīti / kathaṃ kṛtvā jñāpakam? ākhyātasya hi pratyāmnāye bhūtavācinā śabdenopadeśo bhavati / na cānena pūrvaṃ trividhamanumānamākhyātam / ākhyātamiti cet, na tadākhyātaṃ kvaciditi śakyaṃ pratipādayitum / so'yamanākhyāyāpi yadbhūtavācinaṃ śabdamupādatte tajjñāpayatyācāryastantrāntaraklṛptānāmapīha sanniveśo'ṅgīkriyate / kimetasya jñāpane prayojanam ? tantrāntaropadiṣṭo'pi karmayonīnām prāṇabhedādīnāṃ ca lakṣaṇopadeśassaṃgṛhīto bhavatīti siddhaṃ tantrāntaropadeśādavayavānupadeśaḥ / tasmātsūktamevāvayavopapattiriti /
anyūnatā / padārthakārtsnyamaśeṣatānyūnatetyabhidhīyate / padārthāśca daśa cūlikārthāḥ, paṃcāśatpratyayāḥ / tatrāstitvamekatvaṃ paṃcabhirvītaiḥ siddham / arthavattvaṃ kāryakāraṇabhāvaḥ / pārārthyaṃ saṃhatyakāriṇāṃ parārthatvāt / ata evānyatvam / cetanāśakterguṇatrayājjanmamaraṇakaraṇānāmityevamādibhiḥ puruṣabahutvam / puruṣasya darśanārtha iti saṃyogaḥ / prāpte śarīrabhede iti viyogaḥ / samyagjñānādhigamāditi śeṣavṛttiḥ / tasmācca viparyāsāditi puruṣasyākartṛtvamityete daśa cūlikārthāḥ /

pañca viparyayabhedā bhavantyaśaktiśca karaṇavaikalyāt /
aṣṭāviṃśatibhedā tuṣṭirnavadhāṣṭadhā siddhiḥ // (ISk 47)

iti pañcāśatpratyayāḥ / saiṣā ṣaṣṭiḥ padārthānām / tadupapattiranyūnatā /
saṃśayanirṇayoktiḥ / saṃśayaśca nirṇayaśca tau saṃśayanirṇayau tayoruktissaṃśayanirṇayoktiḥ / sāmānyābhidhānaṃ saṃśayaḥ / tadyathā mahadādi tacca kāryaṃ prakṛtivirūpaṃ sarūpaṃ cetyukte (ISk 8) saṃśayo bhavati kena dharmeṇa kāryaṃ prakṛtivirūpaṃ kena vā sarūpamiti / viśeṣābhidhānaṃ nirṇayaḥ / sa ca dvividhaḥ, śabdato'rthataśca / śabdastāvat yathā hetumadādibhiḥ kāryaṃ prakṛtivirūpam, traiguṇyādibhiḥ prakṛtisarūpamiti / arthatastat yathā tebhyo bhūtāni pañca pañcabhyaḥ, ete smṛtā viśeṣāḥ (ISk 38) / kiṃ kāraṇam ? yasmāt śāntā ghorāśca mūḍhāśca (ISk 38) / aśāntaghoramūḍhatvāttanmātrāṇyaviśeṣāḥ /
uddeśanirdeśam / uddeśaśca nirdeśaśca uddeśanirdeśam / sarvo dvandvo vibhāṣayaikavadbhavati iti dvandvaikavadbhāvaḥ / saṅkṣepavacanamuddeśaḥ / tadyathā, eṣa pratyayasargo viparyayāśaktituṣṭisiddhyākhyaḥ (ISk 46) / vistaravacanaṃ nirdeśaḥ / tadyathā, pañca viparyayabhedā bhavanti (ISk 47) bhedastamaso'ṣṭavidha (ISk 48) ityādiḥ /
anukramaśca- padārthānāmānupūrvyā sanniveśopadeśo'nukramaḥ, tadyathā -'prakṛtermahāṃstato'haṃkārastasmād gaṇaśca ṣoḍaśakaḥ'; (ISk 22) ityantena /
saṃjñopadeśau / saṃjñipratyāyanārthaḥ śabdaḥ saṃjñā / sā ca dvividhā / arthanibandhanā, svarūpanibandhanā ca / tatrārthanibandhanārthavaśenārthakriyāpekṣā / jātyādyarthasvarūpāntarbhāvī yathārthastathābhūtameva saṃjñinaṃ pratyāyati / tadyathā pācako lāvaka iti / svarūpanibandhanā punaḥ saṃjñipratyāyanopāyamātram / svarūpamātropakāriṇī vināvayavārthaṃ samayavaśādatathābhūtamapi saṃjñinaṃ pratyāyati / tadyathā, gajakarṇo'śvakarṇa iti / prayatnato bhagavataḥ paramarṣerārṣeṇa jñānena sarvatattvānāṃ svarūpamupalabhya saṃjñāṃ vidadhato nāsti svarūpanibandhanaḥ śabdaḥ / tadyathā, pradhīyante'tra vikārā iti pradhānam, puri śeta iti puruṣa ityādi / tanmatānusāriṇāmapyācāryāṇāṃ tābhireva saṃvyavahārānnāstyapūrvasaṃjñāvidhānaṃ pratyādaraḥ /
upadeśaḥ / itikartavyatā, phalasamākhyānamupadeśaḥ / tadyathā,

evaṃ tattvābhayasānnāsmi na me nāhamityapariśeṣam /
aviparyayādviśuddhaṃ kevalamutpadyate jñānam // (ISk 64)

ete sūtropapattyādayastantraguṇāḥ /
iti karaṇaṃ prakārārtham / evamprakārā anye'pi draṣṭavyāḥ / tadyathā, utsargo'pavādo'tideśa ityādiḥ / tatrotsargaḥ prakṛtivirūpaṃ (ISk 8) vyaktam, sarūpaṃ (ISk 8) cetyapavādaḥ / tathā tadviparīta (ISk 11) ityutsargaḥ, tathā ca pumān (ISk 11 ) ityapavādaḥ / sāmānyamacetanaṃ prasavadharmi vyaktaṃ, tathā pradhānam (ISk 11) ityatideśaḥ / ityevamanyā api tantrayuktayaḥ śakyā iha pradarśayitum / atiprasaṅgastu prakṛtaṃ tirodadhātīti nivartyate / siddhaṃ tantrayuktīnāṃ sambandhopapattestantramidamiti /
kiñca tantrāntarāvirodhāt / yadi khalvapīdamapi prakaraṇaṃ syāt tantrāntare pātañjalapañcādhikaraṇavārṣagaṇaprabhṛtīnāmanyatamasya śeṣabhūtaṃ syāt / taiścāpyavirodhastatra tatreti vakṣyāmaḥ / pūrvatantraśeṣabhāvāditi cet, tulyam / etānyapi pūrvatantraśeṣabhūtāni, teṣāmapi prakaraṇatvaprasaṅgaḥ / atha matam- sakalapadārthasaṃgrahāttantrāntarāṇyetāni, evamihāpi sakalapadārthasaṃgrahāttantrāntaratvamabhyupagantavyam / tasmādyuktametattantramidam / ityupodghātaḥ //