Kārikā 1

āha, kiṃguṇaviśiṣṭāya śiṣyāya punaridaṃ tantraṃ vyākhyeyamiti /
ucyate- jijñāsave matimate mīmāṃsakāyārthine'bhyupagatāya śiṣyāya vyākhyeyaṃ śāstram /
kasmāt ?
paramarṣiprāmāṇyāt / yasmād bhagavān viśvāgrajaḥ paramarṣirbhagavadāsurerjijñāsāmupalabhyottaraguṇaviśeṣasampadaṃ ca vyākhyātavān / raja eva duḥkhaṃ tannirākariṣṇorviveko'yaṃ, sattvāt / sattvaṃ cāsmānnānetyevamādinā vacanapratipādyo'yamartho mahadbhiścoktaḥ / tasmādrajoduḥkhopaghātopaghātakajijñāsoḥ sattvāddharmādikuśalamūlavipākotpitsorduḥkhatrayanivṛttaya idaṃ śāstraṃ pravṛttam / tadarthātpariṇamate śiṣyasyeti / kathaṃ nāma śiṣyasya niḥśreyasena yogaḥ syādityevamarthamidaṃ vyākhyānaṃ kriyata iti /
āha, yaduktaṃ jijñāsave vyākhyānaṃ kartavyamiti tatra kutaḥ punariyaṃ jijñāsā kasmin vārthe bhavatīti ?
ucyate - yattāvaduktaṃ kutaḥ punariyaṃ jijñāsā bhavatītyatra brūmaḥ

duḥkhatrayābhighātājjijñāsā

duḥkhaṃ raja ityanarthāntaram / duḥkhayatīti duḥkhaṃ bhavatīti / trayamiti saṃkhyāpadaṃ sarvadravyaviṣayaṃ, duḥkhaśabdena viśiṣyate / prādhānyācca vyatiriktabuddhyā gṛhyamāṇaṃ sambandhitvādādhārasya bhedanibandhanāyāḥ ṣaṣṭhyā nimittattvaṃ pratipadyate- duḥkhānāṃ trayaṃ duḥkhatrayam /
abhihanyate'nenetyabhighātaḥ /
kaḥ punarayamabhighāto nāma ?
ucyate- yo'sāvuparyuktaduḥkhatrayeṇāntaḥkaraṇena cetanāśakterabhisambandhaḥ / tasmādduḥkhatrayābhighātājjijñāsā /
yaduktaṃ kasminnarthe bhavatīti tatrāha-

tadapaghātake hetau /

apahantītyapaghātakaḥ, tasyāpaghātakastadapaghātakaḥ /
āha, tadapaghātake iti samāsānupapattiḥ, pratiṣedhāt / kartari yau tṛjakau tābhyāṃ saha ṣaṣṭhī na samasyate / tasmāttasyāpaghātaka iti vaktavyam /
ucyate- na, śāstre darśanāt / "tatprayojako hetuśca" iti śāstre dṛṣṭaḥ prayogaḥ / padakāraścāha- jātivācakatvāt / tathā kadācidguṇo guṇaviśeṣo bhavati, kadācidguṇinā guṇo viśiṣyata iti cūrṇikārasya prayogaḥ tasmadanavadyametat /
ayaṃ tu piṇḍārthaḥ / trividhena duḥkhenābhihato brāhmaṇastadapaghātakaṃ hetuṃ jijñāsate / ko nāmāsau hetuḥ syādyo duḥkhatrayamabhihanyāditi /
āha, duḥkhaśabdāvacanamādāvamaṅgalārthatvāt / maṅgalādīni hi śāstrāṇi prathante vīrapuruṣāṇi ca bhavanti, adhyetāraśca maṃgalenābhihatasaṃskārāḥ śāstrārthānāsu pratipadyante / duḥkhamityayaṃ cāmaṅgalārthaḥ śabdaḥ, tasmānnārabdhavyaḥ śāstrādāviti /
ucyate na, vākyasyārthe prayogāt padasyānarthakyādamaṅgalārthatvānupapattiḥ / vākyamarthapratyāyanārthaṃ prayujyate, viśiṣṭārthābhidhānāt / na padam / tathā hi padārthavyatirekeṇa viśiṣṭa eva vākyārthaḥ pratīyate, kevalaṃ tu padaṃ sāmānyārthādapracyutaṃ viśiṣṭārthābhidhānāsamartham / ataeva na vivakṣitārthapratyāyanayogyatayopādīyate / tadyathā- devadattetyayaṃ śabdaḥ kartṛvācakatvenopāttaḥ, sarvakriyāviṣayatvāt, nāntareṇa karmakriyāśabdau viśiṣṭārthaḥ pratīyate / tathā gāmiti karma, sarvakriyākartrabhidhānanimittatvāt / tathā abhyājeti kriyā, sarvakarmakartṛviṣayatvāt / yadā tu devadatta gāmabhyāja śuklāmityucyate tadā devadattena gośabdena karmāntarebhyo vicchidya svātmanyavasthāpyate / kriyā ca gośabdaśca sarvakartṛbhyo devadattakarmatayā vyavasthāpyate / kartṛkarmaṇī cābhyājikriyāyāḥ sādhanabhāvenaiva niyamyete / śuklaśabdo gośabdaśca gośabdaṃ sarvaguṇaviṣayamādheyāntarebhyo vyavacchedya svātmana ādhāratve niyamya, tadviṣayatāṃ pratipādayatītyanena krameṇa viśiṣṭo vākyārthaḥ / kevalānāntu padānāṃ sāmānyārthāt pracyutānāmviśeṣānabhidhānādānarthakyam / āha ca-

pṛthaṅniviṣṭatattvānāmpṛthagarthābhipātinām /
indriyāṇāṃ yathā kāryamṛte dehānna labhyate //
tathaiva sarvaśabdānāmpṛthagarthābhidhāyinām /
vākyebhyaḥ pravibhaktānāmarthavattā na labhyate // iti

evaṃ sati kuto'yaṃ niścayapratilambho yadduḥkhaśabdo'yamamaṅgalārtho yāvatā sandihyata eva ayaṃ kiṃ svārthapratipattyarthamupātto'tha heyatvāyeti / vākyasya tu maṅgalārthatvam, duḥkhaprahāṇārthamupādānāt / yaddhi duḥkhaprahāṇārthaṃ vākyamupādīyate tanmaṅgalārthaṃ dṛṣṭam / tadyathā vyādhyapagamaḥ syādalakṣmīrmā bhūditi / duḥkhaprahāṇārthaṃ cedaṃ vākyamupāttaṃ tasmānmaṅgalārthamidam / tatra yaduktaṃ duḥkhaśabdāvacanamādāvamaṅgalārthatvādityetadayuktam /
āha, trayagrahaṇānarthakyaṃ, guṇaikatvāt / duḥkhaṃ raja iti pratipanno bhavān, taccaikaṃ śāstre paṭhyate / tasmāttrayagrahaṇamanarthakamiti /
nimittabhedādbhedopacāra iti cet, syānmatam / yadyapi ekaṃ duḥkhaṃ tathāpi nimittānāmadhyātmādhibhūtādhidaivalakṣaṇānāṃ bhedādasya bhedopacāraḥ kariṣyata iti /
tacca naivam /
kasmāt ?
nimittānantyena guṇānantyaprasaṅgāt / ādhyātmikaṃ hi dvividhaṃ, śārīraṃ mānasaṃ ca / śārīraṃ tāvadvātapittaśleṣmaṇāṃ vaiṣamyanimittam / tathā mānasaṃ kāmakrodhalobhamohaviṣādabhayerṣyāsūyāratyaviśeṣadarśananimittam / ādhibhautikaṃ ca manuṣyapaśumṛgapakṣisarīsṛpasthāvaranimittam / ādhidaivikaṃ śītoṣṇavātavarṣāśanyavaśyāyāveśanimittam / tatra nimittabhedāttritvapragijñasya guṇānantyaprasaṅgaḥ, sa ca neṣṭastasmānna nimittabhedāttritvam /
ucyate- yaduktaṃ rajasa ekatvāt tritvānupapattiḥ, tasya nimittabhedāt tritvopacāra iti satyametat / yattūktaṃ nimittānantyena guṇānantyaprasaṅga iti tadayuktam / kasmāt ? bhede'pi sati varṇasaṃkhyāvaddvyavasthānopapatteḥ / tadyathā catvāro varṇā ityasyāḥ saṃkhyāyāḥ sati paippalādādibhede teṣāṃ brāhmaṇatvādivyatirekābhāvānna saṃkhyāntarahetutvaṃ no khalvapi varṇāvyatirekādekatvaṃ bhavati / evaṃ trīṇi duḥkhānītyasyāḥ saṃkhyāyāḥ sati śarīrādibhede teṣāmādhyātmikādivyatirekāsambhavānna saṅkhyāntarahetutvaṃ no khalvapi duḥkhāvyatirekādekatvaṃ bhavitumarhati / kiñcānyat, nimittabhedād bhedopacāra iti bhavāneva pratipannaḥ / na copacāraḥ paramārtha ityalamasthāne yatnena /
āha- abhighātājjijñāsāyāmatiprasaṅgaḥ, sarveṣāṃ sambhavāt / yathāsurerduḥkhatrayābhighātājjijñāsā bhavatītyetadiṣṭaṃ tena sarveṣāmabhighāto'stīti sarveṣāṃ jijñāsāprasaṅgaḥ / atha mataṃ duḥkhābhighāte kasyacijjijñāsā bhavati kasyacinneti / nanvevamicchāmātram / prākprasaṅgācca / prāgapyāsurerjijñāsāyā duḥkhatrayābhighāto na cāsyātyantike hetau jijñāsā babhūva / tena kiṃ prāptam ? paścādasya yato babhūva tadvaktavyam / yathānyatra brahmaṇo'bhyāsanimittādadharmakṣayāt pūrvadharmānugrahācca vividiṣā, tathānyeṣāṃ kuśalamūlābhyāsaparipākāt / na cāpadiṣṭamato laghūktametat / kiñcānyat, tadapaghātāccānirmokṣo'kṛtsnatvāt / mokṣo hi kāmarūpārūpyadhātutrayādiṣyate / daivamānuṣyatiryagyonitrayādvā / ekadeśaśca saṃsārasya duḥkhatrayam / tasmāt prayojanamapyayuktam / kiñca nimittāntarasadbhāvāddivyakāmadhyānasukhānapekṣasyāpi vividiṣā sambhavati, na kevalaṃ tāpodvignasyāpi / tasmānnimittamapyayuktam / kiñcānyat / ubhayathā cāsambhavāt / parikalpyamānā khalvapīyaṃ jijñāsā puruṣasya vā syādguṇānāṃ vā / kiṃcātaḥ ? tanna tāvatpuruṣasya sambhavati / kasmāt ? nairguṇyābhyupagamāt / icchādveṣaprayatnasukhaduḥkhadharmādharmajñānasaṃskārāṇāmātmaguṇatvaṃ na bhavadbhirabhyupagamyate / na guṇānām, ācetanyāt / na hyacetanā ghaṭādayo hitāhitaprāptiparihāraṃ jijñāsamānā dṛśyate / na ca cetanā bhavatāṃ guṇāḥ, sāmānyamacetanaṃ prasavadharmi pradhānamiti (ISk 11) vakṣyamāṇavacanāt / kiṃcānyat, tattvāntarānupapatteḥ / na ca guṇapuruṣavyatiriktaṃ vastutastattvāntaramasti yasya jijñāsā parikalpyamānā parikalpyeta / tasmādanupapannā jijñāsā /
ucyate / yaduktamabhighātājjijñāsāyāmatiprasaṅgaḥ, sarveṣāṃ tatsambhavāditi atra brūmaḥ na, abhighātatvenāpratipatteḥ / yadyapyaviśiṣṭo'bhighātastathāpi sarve nainamabhighātatvena pratipadyante / tathāhi, satsvādhyātmikādiduḥkheṣvarjanarakṣaṇakṣayasaṃgahiṃsāsu ca prītyabhiṣvaṅgādeṣāṃ na viṣayeṣūdvegāpadveṣau / na ca viṣayaparityāgo bhavati / tasmānnāviśiṣṭo'bhighātaḥ / viśeṣe'bhighātabuddhernimittābhidhānamiti cet ? athāpi syādyeyamasati viśeṣe sarvaprāṇabhṛtāmāsurereva bhagavato duḥkhatrayābhighātabuddhirbhavati, na punaranyeṣāmityatra nimittamabhidhānīyam / na hyantareṇa nimittamasau viśeṣo'vasthāpayituṃ śakyata iti / etaccāyuktam / kasmāt ? praśnāsambandhāt / kuto jijñāsā bhavatītyevaṃ codakena pūrvamakāri praśnastasyāśca sākṣāt kāraṇamabhighātaḥ kāraṇāntarāṇāmanabhidhānādityasyaiva nirdeśaḥ kṛtaḥ / yattu khalvidānīṃ kāraṇakāraṇamapi pṛcchyate tadanavasthāprasaṅgabhayānnocyate / atha nirbandhaḥ kriyate tena pūravadharmānugrahasya kuśalamūlābhyāsaparipākasya kāraṇakāraṇatvamasmābhirna pratiṣidhyata iti tadeva kiṃ na gṛhyate ? etena prākprasaṅgaḥ pratyuktaḥ / yattūktaṃ tadabhighāte cānirmokṣo'kṛtsnatvādityetadapyayuktam / kasmāt ? śāstrārthānavabodhāt / aṣṭavikalpo daivastairyagyoniśca pañcadhā bhavati, mānuṣyaścaikavidha (ISk 53) ityetāvānasmākaṃ saṃsāraḥ / na tu tadvyatiriktāḥ kāmarūpārūpyadhātavaḥ kvacidapi siddhāḥ / caturdaśavidhe ca saṃsāre yā sukhamātrā sā duḥkhabhūyastvāttacchabdavācyā bhavatīti / tathā coktam-

atra janmajarāmaraṇakṛtaṃ duḥkhaṃ prāpnoti cetanaḥ puruṣaḥ /
liṅgasyāvinivṛttestasmādduḥkhaṃ samāsena //
(ISk 55)

dṛśyate ca loke bhūyasā grahaṇam / tadyathāmravanamiti / tasmāt kṛtsnavikalpapratiṣedho'yam / yatpunaretaduktaṃ divyakāmadhyānasukhānapekṣasyāpi vividiṣāsambhavānnimittamayuktamiti tadapyanupapannam / kasmāt ? uttaratra pratiṣedhāt / iṣṭamevaitatsaṅgṛhītam / tathā cottarasūtreṇa pratiṣetsyatyācāryaḥ "dṛṣṭavadānuśravikaḥ sa hyaviśuddhikṣayātiśayayuktaḥ" (ISk 2) / tasmāddivyasukhānapekṣasyāpi yuktā vividiṣā / dhyānasukhamapi kṣayātiśayau nātivartate / tadapyatraiva saṅgṛhītam / tasmātpratiṣedhya evāyaṃ pakṣa iti na kiñcidabhidhīyate / yadapyuktamubhayathāsambhavājjijñāsānupapattiriti astu guṇānāṃ jijñāsā / yattūktamācetanyādasambhava iti satyācetanye buddhericchādisadbhāvamuttaratra pratipādayiṣyāmaḥ / tasmādupapannā jijñāsā /
āha- tacchabdānarthakyaṃ pratipadasambandhāt / yo'yamācāryeṇa tacchabdaḥ sūtre paṭhito'sya khalu pratipadamasambandhāt svalpāmapyarthavattāṃ nopalabhāmahe / tasmānainamapuṣkalārthamadhyeṣyāmaha iti /
ucyate- kathaṃ hi nāma prayoktṛpāratantryācchabdasya śabdāntareṇa sambandho na syāditi ?
āha, na brūmo'vidyamānasambandho'sambandhaḥ kintarhyayuktasambandho yaḥ sa khalvasambandhaḥ / tadyathā anācāro māṇavaka iti dravyeṇa kriyāśaktitvānna śakyaṃ kiñcidanācāravatā kṣaṇamapyavasthātum / ayuktaṃ tvācarannanācāra ityucyate / tathā cāsya tacchabdasya pratipadaṃ sambandho na yuktastasmādanarthakastacchabdaḥ /
ānantaryājjijñāsāśabdasyeti cet, syānmatam / anantarasya vidhirvā bhavati pratiṣedho vetyanayā yuktyā jijñāsāśabdasya tacchabdenābhisambandhaḥ śakya iti / tacca naivam / kasmāt ? tadapaghāte prayojanāsadbhāvāt / na hi jijñāsāpaghāte kiñcit prayojanamastīti satyapi sambandhe na tacchabdenārthaḥ /
abhighātasyeti cet ? athāpi syādyadi jijñāsāpaghātena kiṃcitprayojanamastīti / atastatsambandho neṣyate / tena tarhyabhighātaśabdenāsyābhisambandhaḥ kariṣyate / tathā cāpi tacchabdorthavān bhaviṣyatīti / etadanupapannam / kasmāt ? nimittāvasthāne punaḥ punarutpatteḥ / naimittiko'yamabhighātastasya nimittavattvādātyantiko'paghāto na syāt / itarathā jvaranimittako dāha iva śītadravyasaṃsparśātpraśānto'pi nimittāvasthānātpunaḥ punaḥ pravartate ityaphalatvamasya vyāyāmasya /
trayaśabdasyeti cet na, pāratantryāt / āśrayaparatantrā hi saṃkhyā, tasyā nāntareṇāśrayeṇopaghātamapaghātaḥ śakyaḥ kartum / ānarthakyañca samānamiti sutarāṃ tacchabdena nārthaḥ /
duḥkhaśabdasyeti cetsāmānyam - yadyeteṣāmpadānāmabhisambandhe yathoktadoṣopapattiḥ, duḥkhaśabdaṃ tarhi tat-śabdenābhisaṃbhantsyāmaḥ / tasminneṣa niṣedho viśatīti / tacca naivam / kasmāt ? anekapadavyavadhānāt / kathamanantaravṛttinā sarvanāmnānekapadavyavahitasya duḥkhaśabdasyābhisambandhaḥ śakyet pratipādayitum ? tasmānna kiñcidetat / kiñcānyat / upasarjanatvāt / ayaṃ khalvapi duḥkhaśabdaḥ samāsa upasarjanībhūtaḥ / na caikasminkāle śabdasya pradhānatvamupasarjanatvaṃ ca yuktitaḥ sambhavati / pradhānasya ca padāntareṇābhisambandhaḥ / tasmādvivādāspadamevaitatsūtram / kiñcānyat / nityānāmapaghātānupapatteḥ / iha nityānāmapaghātaḥ kartuṃ na śakyate / tadyathā puruṣāṇām / anityānāñcāpaghāto dṛṣṭaḥ / tadyathā, jvarādīnām / nityañca duḥkham / tasmāttadapaghāte'bhyutthānānarthakyam / vṛttyapaghāte tadapaghāta iti cet, syātpunareṣā buddhiḥ / satyaṃ nityānāmapaghāto na yuktitaḥ sambhavati / na tu vayaṃ guṇalakṣaṇasya duḥkhasyāpaghātaṃ brūmaḥ, kintarhi vṛttirasyābhibhūyata iti / tacca naivam / kasmāt ? uktottaratvāt / uktamatrottaraṃ nimittāvasthāne punaḥ punarutpatteriti / tasmādayamapyamārgaḥ / kiñcānyat / aviśeṣātkalpayitvāpi vṛttyapaghātaṃ vṛttivṛttimatorananyatvād vṛttyapaghāte vṛttimadapaghātaḥ prāpta iti nāsti kaścidviśeṣaḥ / tasmāt kṛśo'yaṃ parihāra iti nārthastacchabdena /
ucyate- yaduktaṃ tacchabdānarthakyam, pratipadamasambandhādityastu duḥkhaśabdenābhisambandhaḥ / tatsambandhe yathoktadoṣopapattiriti cet syānmatam / yadi tarhi tacchabdasya duḥkhaśabdenaivābhisambandho'bhyupagamyate tena ye'smābhiḥ pūrvamabhihitā doṣāste prasajyante / tasmāt pratiṣiddhasya pakṣasya parigrahe sāhasamātramiti / etacca naivaṃ, kasmāt ? pratividhānāt / satyamasati pratividhāne sāhasamātraṃ syāt / pratividhīyate tu, tasmādadoṣo'yamiti /
kintaditi cet syānmatam / ucyatāntarhi kintat pratividhānaṃ yasyāvaṣṭambhenānekadoṣavyāhato'pyayaṃ pakṣa āśrīyate / na hyanuktamasmābhirākāramātreṇa śakyaṃ pratipattumiti /
ucyate- bāḍham / yattāvaduktamanekapadavyavadhānānna duḥkhaśabdasya tacchabdenābhisambandha ityatra brūmaḥ na, anabhyupagamāt / yo hyanantarakṛtaṃ śabdasya śabdāntareṇa saha sambandhamācaṣṭe tampratyayamupālambhaḥ syāt / vayantvarthakṛtaṃ sambandhamācakṣmahe / tathā coktam-

yasya yenābhisambandho dūrasthasyāpi tasya saḥ /
arthatastvasamānāmānantarye'pyasambhavaḥ //

kiñcānyat- śāstre darśanāt / śāstre ca vyavahitānāmapi sarvanāmnāmabhisambandho dṛśyate "yasya guṇasya hi bhāvāddravye śabdaniveśastadabhidhāne tvatalā"vityatrārthakṛtaśca sambandhaḥ śabdānāmabhyupagataḥ / ṅyāpprātipadikāt, bahuṣu bahuvacanam, supo dhātuprātipadikayoḥ, aluguttarapade ityevamādīnāṃ sambandhābhyupagamaḥ / tathā "anaḍvāhamudahāriṇi bhagini vahasi yā tvaṃ śirasi kumbhamavācīnamabhidhāvantamadrākṣīriti" vārtike dṛṣṭāntaḥ / na hyatra satyānantarye śirasānaḍuho vahanaṃ kumbhasya vā saraṇamupapadyate / yathā cātra vyavahitānāmabhisambandhastathehāpi draṣṭavyaḥ / yatpunaretaduktamupasarjanatvātpadāntareṇānabhisambandha iti etadanupapannam / kasmāt ? samāsādapoddhāre buddhayā vyavasthitasya svātantryopapatteḥ / satyamupasarjanasya padāntareṇābhisambandho nopapadyate / na tu vayaṃ samāsavṛttereva tacchabdenābhisambandha iti pratipadyāmahe, kintarhi samāsādapoddhṛtasya buddhivyavasthitasyopajanitasvātantryasya śabdāntareṇa sambandhamicchāma iti / athaitadaniṣṭam "yogapramāṇe ca tadabhāve darśanaṃ syāt" "atha śabdānuśāsanaṃ, keṣāṃ śabdānām" iti caivamādīnāmprayogāṇāṃ virodhaḥ prāpnoti / aniṣṭañcaitat / yatpunaretaduktam- nityānāmapaghātānupapattervṛttyapaghāte ca tadapaghātaprasaṅgāditi, etadapyanupapannam / kasmāt ? guṇaśakteḥ prayojanoparame satyātmakalpena vyavasthānābhyupagamāt / naitadabhyupagamyate guṇasyocchittirbhavati, vṛttirvāsyābhibhūyate / kintarhi puruṣārthanibandhanā caritārtha śaktirasya puruṣārthapravṛttau prayojanāsadbhāvādātmakalpena vyavatiṣṭhata ityetadvivakṣitam / tasmādyuktametattadapaghātake hetau jijñāsā pravartata iti /

dṛṣṭe sāpārthā cet

syādetat pratyakṣo duḥkapratīkāraheturasti / tasya samatikrame kiṃ prayojanam ? tadyathā śārīrasya tāvadayamapagamaheturanekadravyarasāyanopabhogaḥ / mānasasyāpi manojñastrīpānavilepanabhojanavastrālaṅkārādiviṣayasamprāptiḥ / ādhibhautikasya nītiśāstrābhyāsaḥ, śastrāstrakuśalatā, viṣamasthānānadhyāsanaṃ ca / ādhidaivikasyāpi yathākālaṃ vividhanivasanāstaraṇagarbhagṛhaprāsādajālāntaracandanavyajanamaṇihārādisevā vividhauṣadhamaṃgalastutimantraprayogānuṣṭhānamiti dṛṣṭe hetau sā jijñāsāpārtheti cet -

naikāntātyatato'bhāvāt // ISk_1 //

etacca naivam / kasmāt ? ekāntātyantato'bhāvāt / ekānto nāma niyamena bhāvaḥ / atyantaṃ bhūtasyāvināśaḥ / ekāntaśca atyantaṃ ca te ekāntātyante tayorabhāva ekāntātyantato'bhāvaḥ tasmāt / ṣaṣṭhīsthāne pañcamī / ṣaṣṭhyā eva vā tasiḥ ṣaṣṭhyā vyāśraya iti yogavibhāgāt / asamāsakaraṇaṃ vṛttapūraṇārtham, mānasasya ca duḥkhasya pratīkāre doṣāntaropasaṃgrahārtham / tathā hi, stryādīnāṃ satyetasmin doṣadvaye'śakyamarjjanaṃ kartumasvābhāvikatvāt / satyarjane rakṣaṇamaśakyaṃ, sādhāraṇatvāt / sati ca rakṣaṇe kṣayaḥ, kṛtakatvāt / saṅgāccānupaśamo bhūtopaghātamantareṇa cāsambhava ityete doṣāḥ /
āha, kathametadavagamyate yaddṛṣṭasya hetoranaikāntikatvamanātyantikatvaṃ ceti ?
ucyate- pratyakṣa evaitadupalabhyate / yadāyurvedavihitasya kriyākramasyābhiyuktamātmavantaṃ bheṣajabhiṣakparicārakasampannaṃ pratyānarthakyam / āha ca -

sarveṣāṃ vyādhirūpāṇāṃ nidānaṃ trividhaṃ smṛtam /
āhāraśca vihāraśca karma pūrvakṛtaṃ tathā //
tatrāhāravihārotthān rogān dravyamapohati /
yastu karmakṛto vyādhirmaraṇātsa nivartate //

punarapyāha-

sopadravaḥ sarvarūpo balamāṃsendriyāpahaḥ /
sāriṣṭhaścaiva yo vyādhistaṃ bhiṣak parivarjayet //

ityevamanaikāntikatvam / anātyantikatvaṃ tu nivṛttānāmapi vyādhīnāmpunarutpattidarśanāt / mahatā khalvapi prayatnena nivartitā vyādhayaḥ punarutpadyante / tathā coktam -
punarjvare samutpanne kriyā pūrvajvarānugā / iti
tasmādyathaivāsyāyurvedādeḥ pratīkārahetutvaṃ pratyakṣasiddhamevamekāntātyantato'bhāvo'pi / tathā mānasasya ca / yathā ca śārīraduḥkhapratīkārahetavo'naikāntikāḥ tathā stryādayo'pi / kasmāt ? tatsannidhāne viṣayāntarābhilāṣadarśanāt / yadi hi stryādayo viṣayāḥ sarvadā duḥkhapratīkārasamarthā bhaveyuḥ, kimati teṣu sannihiteṣu viṣayiṇo viṣayāntarajighṛkṣā syāt ? evamanaikāntikatvam / anātyantikatvamapi / nivṛttecchānāmapi bhūyaḥ prārthanāsambhavāt / yadi hi viṣayopabhogo'tyantameva mānasaṃ duḥkhamapahanyāt kiṃ prāptaṃ yena bhūyastaṃ prati viṣayiṇo'bhilāṣaḥ syāt ? kiṃ kāraṇam ? yasmānna hyavidyamāne tamasi devadattasya pradīpaṃ pratyapekṣā bhavati / dṛśyate ca nivṛttecchānāmapi viṣayopabhogādviṣayiṇāṃ bhūyo viṣayābhilāṣaḥ / tena manyāmahe nāyaṃ dṛṣṭo heturduḥkhamahapanti / kintarhi sutarāṃ vṛddhiṃ karoti / āha ca -

na jātu kāmaḥ kāmānāmupabhogena śāmyati /
haviṣā kṛṣṇavartmeva bhūya evābhivardhate //

apara āha-

saṃvedyatvād gurutvācca ninditatvācca sādhubhiḥ /
sarvatrāsannidhānācca na dṛṣṭo heturiṣyate //

saṃvedyatvāt / bhogasādhanavikalānāmarthināṃ madhye viṣayiṇopayujyamānāstaissaṃvedyante / teṣāmapradāyopayujyamānaṃ nairghṛṇyamāviṣkuryāt / viṣayiṇā pradīyamāno vārthibhyaḥ parimitatvādavacchidyetetyanupāyo'yaṃ duḥkhāpaghāte buddhimatām / kiṃ ca gurutvāt / bhogānāṃ vividhanivasanastrīpānabhojanavilepanālaṃkārādīnāṃ samagrye sukhamutpadyate / nānyataravaikalye / sāmagryaṃ caiṣāṃ svābhāvikatvādanupapannam / āha ca -

nābhijātiṃ na vijñānaṃ na ca śauryamapekṣate /
lakṣmī saṃskārayogācca kvacidevāvatiṣṭhate //

ityevamanekārthāśrayatvād gururviṣayopabhogaḥ / kiṃ ca ninditatvācca sādhubhiḥ / ninditaḥ khalvapi sādhubhirviṣayopabhogaḥ / yasmādāha-

āyāsāśca vighātaśca vipralambhabhayāni ca /
yaccānyadaśivaṃ loke tatkāmebhyaḥ pravartate //

punarapyāha-

ayaṃ sakṣetriyo vyādhirayamātyantiko jvaraḥ /
idamāspadamītīnāmeṣa yoniḥ sapāpmanām //
agādhametatpātālameṣa paṅko duruttaraḥ /
kleśavyādhibhayākīrṇametacchvabhraṃ bhayāvaham //
vividhāyāsaśokānāmetadāyatanaṃ mahat /
dainyaśramaviṣādānāmetatkṣetramapāvṛtam //
yasmādviṣayasambhogādvihagaḥ pañjarāviva /
gato vaneṣu ramate sa sukhāni samaśnute //

tasmāt sādhubhirapākṛtatvādasādhurviṣayopabhogaḥ / kiṃ ca sarvatrāsannidhānāt / na hi supratiniviṣṭasyāpi kāminaḥ sarvatra viṣayasannidhānena bhavitavyam / no khalvapi ekasmin deśe'vasthānaṃ sambhavati, viṣayābhāvaprasaṅgāt / tasmādavaśyaṃ viyogena bhavitavyam / viyoge ca sati dhruvo'niṣṭānubandha iti ko'rtho viṣayaparigraheṇa ? tatra yaduktaṃ dṛṣṭasya hetoḥ sadbhāvādapārthakā jijñāseti etadayuktam // 1 //