Kārikā 13

sattvaṃ laghu prakāśakamiṣṭamupaṣṭambhakaṃ calaṃ ca rajaḥ /

guru varaṇakameva tamaḥ

evaśabdaḥ pratyekaṃ pariśamāpyate / sattvaṃ laghu prakāṣakameveṣṭam / yat kiṃcitkāryakaraṇe laghu prakāśaṃ ca tatsattvarūpamiti pratyavagantavyam / tatra kāryasya tāvadudgamaheturdharmo laghutvam, karaṇasya vṛttipaṭutvahetuḥ / prakāśastu pṛthivīdharmasya cchāyālakṣaṇasya tamasastiraskāreṇa dravyāntaraprakāśanam / karaṇasyāpi grahaṇaṃ saṅkalpābhimānādhyavasāyaviṣayeṣu yathāsvaṃ pravartamānam /
upaṣṭambhakaṃ calameva rajaḥ / yaḥ kaścidupastambhaścalatā copalabhyate tadrajorūpamityavagantavyam / tatropastambhaḥ prayatnaḥ, calatā kriyā / sā ca dvividhā, pariṃṇāmalakṣaṇā praspandalakṣaṇā ca / tatra pariṇāmalakṣaṇayā sahakāribhāvāntarānugṛhītasya dharmiṇaḥ pūrvadharmātpracyutiḥ / praspandalakṣaṇā prāṇādayaḥ karmendriyavṛttayaśca vacanādyāḥ / bāhyānāṃ dravyāṇāmutpatananipatanabhramaṇādīni /
guru varaṇakameva tamaḥ / yatkiṃcid gauravaṃ varaṇaṃ copalabhyate tattamorūpamiti pratyavagantavyam / tatra gurutvaṃ kāryasyādhogamanaheturdharmaḥ karaṇasya vṛttimandatā / varaṇamapi kāryagataṃ ca dravyāntaratirodhānam / karaṇagatā cāśuddhiḥ prakāśapratidvandvibhūtā / ityeṣa sattvādīnāmavyatikareṇa svabhāvopalambho yata eṣāṃ nānātvamavasīyate /
yatpunaretaduktaṃ strīkṣatramegheṣu svabhāvavyatikaropalambhādeko guṇastrirūpaḥ, sarve vā sarvarūpā, rūpāntarasya vā sata utpattiriti atra brūmaḥ na, guṇabhūtasya bhaktita upakārātpradhānarūpopapatteḥ / iha guṇabhūtasya bhaktitaḥ pradhānopakāritve sati bhaktitastadrūpopapattirdṛṣṭā / tadyathā kṣīrādeḥ / taddhi mukhādiṣu dṛṣṭapratilabdhapravṛttiḥ pittasya svena rūpeṇāṅgabhāvaṃ gacchaṃstasyopakārāttiktaṃ saṃpadyate / na ca tathā sadeva / sattvamapi straiṇaguṇabhūtaṃ sapatnīrajasaḥ svena rūpeṇāṅgabhāvaṃ gacchaṃstasyopakārādduḥkhaṃ saṃpadyate / tamaso mohaḥ / evaṃ kṣātraṃ rajaḥ āryadāralakṣaṇasya sattvasya dasyulakṣaṇasya ca tamasaḥ / evaṃ medhyaṃ tamaḥ kārṣike sattvasya proṣitadayitāyāśca rajasaḥ / tasmānnāsti guṇānāṃ svābhāvavyatikaraḥ / kiṃ cānyat / aguṇabhūtānāṃ svabhāvagrahaṇāt / yadā caite'ṅgabhāvamapagacchanto madhyasthāstulyasaṃskārāśca pratipadyante tadā svarūpeṇaiva / tasmādasaṃkīrṇaṃ guṇarūpam /
āha- na, sandehāt / ubhayathā hi rūpāntaragrahaṇaṃ kṣīrādiṣu dṛṣṭam / tādrūpyāttaiśca vipariṇatānāṃ guṇabhāvācca / yathoktaṃ tatra kathamidamekāntena niścīyante guṇabhāvātsattvādīnāṃ rūpāntaragrahaṇaṃ na punastādrūpyādeveti ?
ucyate- grahaṇavikalpopalambhāt / yadi straiṇaṃ sattvaṃ tādrūpyādeva sapatnyā tena gṛhyate tena bharturapi tathā grahaṇaprasaṃgo madhyasthānāṃ tulyasaṃskārāṇāṃ ca / aniṣṭaṃ caitat / tasmād bhākto'yaṃ guṇavikalpopalambhaḥ / kiṃ cānyat / uttarakālaṃ svarūpagrahaṇānnivṛttānuśayābhiścaikārthatāmupagatābhiḥ sapatnībhiḥ svenaiva rūpeṇa straiṇasya sattvasya grahaṇamupalabhyate / svagṛhasamavasthitaiścāryadāraiḥ kṣatriyāṇām / niṣpannaśasyaiśca kṛṣīvalairmeghānām / tasmādbhākto'yaṃ grahaṇavikalpopalambhaḥ / tasmādyuktametat anyo'nyajananavṛttayo guṇāḥ, na ca saṃkīrṇasvabhāvā iti /
yatpunaretaduktam anyonyamithunatvānupapattiḥ, sattvasyetaravirodhāt, ityatra brūmaḥ - asti cāyaṃ virodho guṇānāṃ

pradīpavaccārthato vṛttiḥ // ISk_13 //

kimutpadyata iti vākyaśeṣaḥ / tadyathā vartijyotistailānāṃ parasparavirodhe'pi pradīpakaraṇaikakāryasādhanabhāvopagatānāṃ vṛttaya ekatra saṃmūrchitāḥ sahabhāvaḥ prakṛṣṭamapi kālamanubhavanti evaṃ sattvarajastamasāṃ sati virodhe mahadādyekakāryasādhanabhāvopagatānāṃ vṛttaya ekatra mūrchitāḥ saha bhavantīti /
yuktyabhāvādasiddhiriti cet syānmatam - kā punaratra yuktiryena virodhināmekakāryatā bhavatīti ?
ucyate- guṇapradhānabhāvāt / guṇabhūto hi pratiyogī pradhānabhūtena tadupakarakatvānna virudhyata iti saṃsargeṇa varttitumutsahate / tulyabalayostu dvayoḥ satyameva sahāvasthānasya nāsti sambandhaḥ / tathā ca bhagavān vārṣagaṇyaḥ paṭhati rūpātiśayā vṛttyatiśayāśca virudhyante / sāmānyāni tvatiśayaiḥ saha vartante / tadyathā jalāgnī pacanīyasvedanīyeṣu kāryeṣu, chāyātapau ca sūkṣmarūprakāśane, śītoṣṇe ca prajāvasthitau / evaṃ tatsiddhaḥ pradīpavatsattvarajastamasāṃ virodhe'pi sahabhāvaḥ /
āha, yaduktaṃ laghvādibhāvasvabhāvabhedād guṇanānātvamityatra brūmaḥ

bhinnā lakṣaṇabhedāścenmithaḥ sattvādayo guṇāḥ /
tarhi lakṣaṇayuktatvātṣaḍguṇāḥ prāpnuvanti te //

yadi laghvādilakṣaṇabhedātsattvādīnāṃ nānātvaṃ mitho'bhyupagamyate tena laghutvaprakāśatvayorapi bhedo'sti guṇadvayaprasaṃgaḥ / evamupastambhacalatābhyāṃ gauravavaraṇābhyāṃ ca dvayaṃ dvayamiti ṣaḍguṇāḥ prāpnuvanti / atha mataṃ laghutvaprakāśayorabheda iti pṛthaganabhidhānaṃ prāptam / tadbhede vā grahaṇabhedamanicchataḥ prāpto laghutvādibhede'pi guṇābhedastathā caiko guṇa iti prāptam / yatpunaretaduktaṃ guṇabhūtasya bhaktita upakārātpradhānarūpāpattiriti,

aṅgabhāvaṃ vrajatsattvaṃ duḥkhaṃ sampadyate yadi /
vairūpyasyopasaṃhārātpūrvadoṣānivartanam //

yadi hi rajaso'ṅgabhāvamupagacchatsattvamupakārāttadrūpaṃ bhavati tena pratijñātasya rūpāntarasyopasaṃhārāttrairūpyaṃ guṇānāmekaikasya prāptam rūpāntarasya vā sata utpattiḥ / tasmātpūrvadoṣāparihārātpratijñāmātramevāyaṃ samādhiḥ / yadapyuktaṃ aguṇabhūtānāṃ svabhāvagrahaṇāditi /
aṅgabhāvānapekṣaṃ tu grahaṇaṃ nāstyṛṣerapi /
paramarṣerapi guṇānāṃ kāryameva pratyakṣaṃ na śaktimātreṇāvasthānamasaṃvedyatvāt / tatra cāṅāṅgibhāvagamanamanivāryam / tasmāddoṣamanicchatā guṇā parityājyāḥ / nāsti vā sudūramapi gatvā tatsaṃkaradoṣaparihāraḥ /
ucyate- yattāvaduktaṃ lakṣaṇabhedād guṇanānātvavādino lakṣaṇadvayayogādekaikasya guṇaṣaṭtvaprasaṃga iti tanna / kasmāt ? dvayorguṇapradhānabhāvānupapatteḥ / ihārthāntarasyārthāntareṇa guṇapradhānabhāvo bhavati / yathā strīkṣatramegheṣu vyākhyātam / na ca laghutvaprakāśayorupastambhacalanayorgauravavaraṇayośca mithau guṇapradhānabhāvo'sti, tadanarthāntaraṃ dharmāsta iti nāsti ṣaṭtvaprasaṃga iti / kiṃ ca aprasiddhatvāt / na hyetatkvacitprasiddham yathā yāvanto dharmāstāvanto dharmiṇa iti / na cāprasiddhena vyavahāraḥ / kiṃca pṛthaktvaikāntaprasaṅgāt / lakṣaṇabhedānnānātvapratijñasya sarvārthānāṃ svasāmānyalakṣaṇayogātsvato'rthāntaramiti pṛthaktvaikāntaprasaṃgaḥ / athaitadaniṣṭaṃ na tarhi vaktavyaṃ lakṣaṇabhedād guṇānāṃ ṣaṭtvamiti / yatpunaretaduktaṃ aṅgabhūtasya pradhānarūpāpatteḥ pūrvadoṣānivṛttiriti tadapyayuktam / kasmāt ? bhaktyabhidhānāt / asakṛdadhītamasmābhirbhākto'yaṃ guṇānāṃ grahaṇavikalpa iti / na ca bhaktiḥ paramārtha ityasthāne yatnaḥ / yatpunaretaduktaṃ aguṇabhūtānāṃ sattvādīnāmṛṣerapyaviṣayatvamiti satyametat / yattūktaṃ kāryasya viṣayabhūtatvādaṅgāṅgibhāvagamanaṃ guṇānāṃ sakalasatkāryamapekṣate / tathā strīkṣatrameghāḥ prakṛtāsteṣvaṅgabhāvamagacchata iti vijñāyata iti / sāmānyaśabdānāṃ hi prakaraṇādviśeṣe'vasthānaṃ bhavati / tadyathā bhojanakāle saindhavamānayetyukte lavaṇe saṃpratipattirnāśvādiṣu / tasmātprakaraṇamanapekṣya mahati tantre doṣābhidhānaṃ bālavākyasthānīyam / evaṃ guṇalakṣaṇopadeśātsiddhaṃ traiguṇyam // 13 //