Kārikā 15

āha, kāryadharmasya kāraṇopalabdhau hetumadādiprasaṃgaḥ, aviśeṣāt / yadi kārye dṛṣṭasya dharmasya kāraṇe sadbhāvo'bhyupagamyate prāptau hetumadādīnāmapi dharmāṇāṃ kāryadṛṣṭatvātpradhāne prasaṃgaḥ / atha kāryopalabdhau tulyāyāṃ hetumadādayo neṣyante na tarhītareṣāmapi kāraṇāvasthitirastīti /
ucyate na, svarūpavirodhitve tadapavādavijñānāt / kāraṇaguṇātmakatvātkāryasyetyanena liṅgena hetumadādayo'pi kāraṇe prasajyante / teṣāṃ tu kāryakāraṇarūpavirodhitvādapavādo vijñāyate / katham ? yadi tāvaddhetumadādayo vyakte dṛṣṭatvātpradhāne vyañjante, kṛtakatvātkāryameva tanna kāraṇamiti prāptam / anityatvācca svayamucchidyamānamananugrāhakamavyāpitvādibhiścānantavikārotpādanaśaktihīnam / ahetumadādayaḥ pradhāne'bhyupagamādvyakterapi prāpyante tādṛśāḥ kāraṇāsambhavātkāryameva tanna bhavatīti prāptam / avivekyādayastūbhayatrāpi bhavanto netaretarasvarūpavirodhinaḥ / tasmātkāryakāraṇabhāvābhyupagamāddhetumadādyapavādaḥ, itareṣāṃ ca kāraṇasadbhāvaḥ siddhaḥ /
yaduktaṃ kāraṇaguṇātmakatvātkāryasyāvyaktamapi siddhamiti tadayuktam / kasmāt ? vyaktāvyaktayoḥ kāryakāraṇabhāvāprasiddheḥ / siddhe hi vyaktāvyaktayoḥ kāraṇatve etadevaṃ syāt / tattvasiddham / tasmādayuktametat /
viśeṣānabhidhānādubhayasāmyamiti cet syānmatam, yathā bhavānāha vyaktāvyaktayoḥ kāryakāraṇabhāvo'prasiddhaḥ, evaṃ vayaṃ vakṣyāmaḥ- tayoḥ kāryakāraṇabhāvāprasiddhirapyasiddhā / na ca kvacidviśeṣo'styubhayasāmyaṃ bhaviṣyatīti / taccāyuktam / kasmāt ? sadbhāvāsiddheḥ / satyam, anabhidhīyamāne viśeṣe syādubhayasāmyam / avyaktasya tu sadbhāva evāsiddha ityayaṃ viśeṣaḥ / tasmādayuktametadapīti /
kāryasya kāraṇapūrvakatvādvyaktasya ca kāryatvādavyaktasadbhāve pratipattiriti cet syādetat / kāryaṃ kāraṇapūrvakaṃ dṛṣṭam / ghaṭādikāryaṃ cedavyaktaṃ pramitatvāttasmādidamapi kāraṇapūrvakaṃ bhavitumarhati / yacca tasya kāraṇaṃ tadavyaktamiti / taccānupapannam / kasmāt ? anekāntāt / ihākasmikī ca kāryasyotpattirdṛṣṭā / tadyathendradhanuṣaḥ / asataśca bhrāntimātrāt / tadyathā māyāsvapnendrajālamṛgatṛṣṇikālātacakragandharvanagarāṇām / sataśca kāraṇāt / tadyathā mṛdādibhyo ghaṭādīnām / kāryaṃ cedavyaktamataḥ saṃśayaḥ kimindradhanurvadakasmādasya prādurbhāvo'tha māyādivadasato'tha kāraṇātsato ghaṭavaditi ?
ucyate- nākasmikamasatpūrvaṃ vyaktam / kasmāt ?

bhedānāṃ parimāṇāt

yatparimitaṃ tasya sata utpattirdṛṣṭā / tadyathā mūlāṅkuraparṇanāladaṇḍavusatuṣaśūkapuṣpakṣīrataṇḍulakaṇānām / parimitā mahadahaṃkārendriyatanmātramahābhūtalakṣaṇabhedāḥ / tasmātsatkāraṇapūrvakāḥ / yadeṣāṃ kāraṇaṃ tadavyaktam /

// iti yuktidīpikāyāṃ sāṃkhyasaptatipaddhatau tṛtīyamāhnikaṃ prathamaṃ ca prakaraṇaṃ samāptam //

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āha- kasmādastyavyaktam ? asadbhedānāmapi parimāṇadarśanāt / anekānta iti cet syānmatam, asti hi māyāsvapnendrajālānuvidhāyināmapi bhedānāṃ parimāṇamiti / tasmādanaikāntiko heturiti /
tacca naivam / kasmāt ? na hi teṣāṃ niyamo'sti, etāvadbhirevotpattavyaṃ nānyairiti / mahadādayastu pralayakāle tirobhūtāstāvanta evotpadyante /
āha, parimāṇānavasthānaṃ kāladvayānupalabdheḥ / satyaṃ, sāmprate kāle mahadādayo yuktaparimāṇāḥ pratyakṣānumānopalabdheḥ / atītānāgatayostu kālayornāsti prasiddhiḥ / tasmādayuktametat /
ucyate na, viparyaye pramāṇānupalabdheḥ / idānīmetāvanto bhedā ityetacchakyamanumātum atītānāgatayostu kālayornāsti prasiddhiḥ / tasmānna bhedānavasthāprasaṃgaḥ /
āha, bhedābhedānavasthānāt / mahadādīnāṃ ye bhedā devamanuṣyatiryañco ghaṭādayaśca teṣāmaśakyaṃ parimāṇaṃ paricchettum / sāmānye'ntarbhāvādayuktamiti cet syānmatam, asti śarīrāṇāṃ mahābhūtasāmānyaṃ ghaṭādīnāṃ ca pṛthivīsāmānyaṃ, tatparimāṇādete'pi parimitā iti / tadayuktam / kasmāt ? abhāvāt / nahi vaḥ sāmānyaṃ dravyādarthāntarabhūtamasti / sārūpyamātre sāmānyaparikalpanāt /
ucyate na, tattvāntarānupapatteḥ / tattvabhedena parimitā bhedā ityetadvivakṣitaṃ yathoktamasmābhiruktaṃ ca yadyasti tattvāntaramucyatām / yatpunaretaduktaṃ sāmānyasyārthāntarabhūtasya bhavatpakṣe'nupapattiriti satyametat / tathāvidhenāpi tu tena saṃvyavahāro na pratiṣidhyate iti vakṣyāmaḥ / tasmātsiddhaṃ bhedānāṃ parimāṇādastyavyaktam /
kiṃ cānyat /

samanvayāt

iha yena bhedānāṃ samanupagatistasya sattvaṃ dṛṣṭam / tadyathā mṛdā ghaṭādīnām / asti ceyaṃ sukhaduḥkhamohaiḥ śabdādīnāṃ samanugatiḥ / tasmātte'pi santi ye ca sukhādayo'stamitaviśeṣāstadavyaktam / tasmādastyavyaktam /
āha, nāsiddhatvāt / sukhādibhiḥ śabdādayo'nugamyanta ityetadaprasiddham kena kāraṇena pratipattavyamiti ?
ucyate- tadbuddhinimittatvāt / iha śabdasparśarūparasagandhānāṃ sannidhāne svasaṃskāraviśeṣayogātsukhaduḥkhamohākārāḥ prāṇināṃ buddhaya utpadyante / yacca yādṛśīṃ buddhimutpādayati tattenānvitam / tadyathā candanādibhiḥ śakalādayaḥ / tasmānnāsiddhiḥ samanvayasyeti /
āha, asiddha evāyaṃ samanvayaḥ / kasmāt ? vilakṣaṇakāryotpattidarśanāt / na hyayaṃ niyamaḥ kāraṇasadṛśameva kāryamutpadyate / kiṃ tarhi vilakṣaṇaṃ agnidhūmaśabdādi / katham ? na hyagnistṛṇādisvabhāvako'gnisvabhāvako vā dhūmaḥ / na ca bherīdaṇḍādisvabhāvaḥ śabdaḥ / tasmātsukhādyanugatāḥ śabdādaya itīcchāmātram /
ucyate na, viśeṣitatvāt / sukhādisvarūpāḥ śabdādayaḥ, tatsannidhāne sukhādyākārapratyayotpattirityetadādita evāsmābhirviśeṣitam / tasmānna bhinnajātīyāsta iti / yattu khalvidamucyate'gnyādīnāṃ vilakṣaṇānāmutpattidarśanātpradhānabhedānāmatajjātīyaprasaṃga iti tadayuktam / kasmāt ? abhiprāyānavabodhāt / naiva brūmo yo yasya vikāraḥ sa tajjātīyaka iti / kiṃ tarhi yo yajjātīyakaḥ sa tasya vikāra iti / tasmādayuktametat / kiṃcānyat udāharaṇāprasiddheḥ / na caitadudāharaṇaṃ prasiddhaṃ agnyādayaḥ svakāraṇajātiṃ nānuvidadhatīta / kasmāt ? balavīryānuvidhānāt / tadyathā agnerdhūmasya ca tvakcandananalikādisnigdhatānuvṛttestaikṣṇyādyanuvṛtteśca / bherīvikāraḥ śabdo na tu yathā bherīrūpamavasthitam / pradīpeneva tu daṇḍābhighātena vyajyata iti sādhyametat / na caikaiko rūpādīnāṃ dravyākāraḥ samudāyadharmatvāt / tasmānna bherīvikāraḥ śabdaḥ / tatra yaduktaṃ vilakṣaṇakāryotpattidarśanādasiddho'nvaya ityetadayuktam / tasmādyuktametat samanvayādastyavyaktamiti /
kiṃ cānyat /

śaktitaḥ pravṛtteśca /

iha yāvatī kācilloke pravṛttirupalabhyate sā sarvā śaktitaḥ / tadyathā kumbhakārasya daṇḍādisādhanavinyāsalakṣaṇāyāśca śakteḥ sannidhānād ghaṭakaraṇe pravṛttirasti / vyaktasya ceyaṃ kāryatvāttadbhāve pravṛttiriti / atastasyāpi śaktyā bhavitavyam / yāsau śaktistadavyaktam / tasmādastyavyaktamiti /
āha, prākpravṛtteḥ śaktyabhāvaḥ, pravṛttyanupalabdheḥ / yadi śaktipūrvikā pravṛttiriti manyadhvaṃ tena yāvatpravṛttirnopalabhyate tāvacchaktirnāstītyetadāpannam / kasmāt ? satyāṃ śaktyāṃ kāryābhāve svarūpābhāvaprasaṃgāt / yadi khalvapi vidyamānā śaktiḥ kenacitprabandhena kāryaṃ notpādayecchaktitaraśaktetyetadāpannam / tasmātsahakāribhāvāntarasannidhānātpravruttisamakalāmevārthānāṃ śaktaya utpadyante / tāśca tāvadeva pradhvaṃsante /
tatra yaduktaṃ prākpravṛtteḥ śaktidarśanādvyaktasyāpi niṣpādikā śaktirastītyetadayuktam / kiṃ cānyat bhedābhedakalpanānupapatteḥ / iha pradhānameva vā śaktiḥ syāt pradhānādvā bhinnā ? kiṃ cātaḥ ? tadyadi tāvatpradhānameva śaktistena kārye bhedācchaktibhedo'vasīyata iti śaktibhedātpradhānanānātvaprasaṃgaḥ / pradhānaikatvādvā tadavyatiriktānāṃ śaktīnāmekatvaprasaṃgaḥ / tataśca kāryanānātvābhāvaḥ / atha mā bhūdayaṃ doṣa iti pradhānādarthāntarabhāvaḥ śaktīnāmabhyupagamyate tena bhinnānāṃ śaktīnāṃ pravṛttitaḥ siddhau pradhānasiddhirnāstītyetadāpannam / kiṃ cānyat / svarūpābhidhānaṃ ca / pradhānasya śaktimātrādapyarthāntaratvamabhyupagamya rūpamīdṛkpradhānaṃ svāvasthāyāmiti, taccāśakyamabhidhātum / tasmād bhedābhedakalpanānupapatterakalpanīyā śaktiriti /
ucyate- yaduktaṃ prākpravṛtteḥ śaktyabhāvaḥ pravṛttyanupalabdheriti, atra brūmaḥ nāprasiddhatvāt / kāraṇaṃ śaktiḥ kāryaṃ pravṛttiḥ / na ca kāryānupalabdhau kāryābhāva ityetalloke prasiddham / yatpunaruktaṃ kāryaniṣpattau śakteḥ svarūpahānamiti atra brūmaḥ na, pradīpadṛṣṭāntāt / yadyathā pradīpasya ghaṭādiprakāśanaśaktirasti / atha ca kuḍyādyāvaraṇasāmarthyānna ghaṭādīnprakāśayituṃ śaknoti / na ca śakyate vaktuṃ pradīpasya prakāśanaśaktiraśakteti / evamanyeṣāmapi bhāvānāṃ prākprarutterapi śaktiḥ syāt / na cāpravṛttidarśanādasyāḥ svarūpahānaṃ syāt / yattūktaṃ sahakāribhāvāntarasannidhānātpravṛttisamakālamevārthānāṃ śaktiprādurbhāva iti atra brūmaḥ- tadaprasiddhiḥ śaktyapekṣatvāt / iha sarvaḥ kartā svagatāṃ śaktimapekṣya tadyogyatayā sahakāribhāvāntaramupādatte, sā cetprākpravṛtterna syātsādhanānāṃ viṣayasvabhāvānavadhāraṇādanupādānaprasaṃgaḥ / aniṣṭaṃ caitat / tasmātprākpravṛtteḥ śaktiḥ / yatpunaretaduktaṃ tāvadeva pradhvaṃsaṃ iti atra brūmaḥ na, kāryaniṣṭhādarśanāt / yadi pravṛttisamakālameva pradhvaṃsaḥ iti atra brūmaḥ na, kāryaniṣṭhādarśanat / yadi pravṛttisamakālameva pradhvaṃsaḥ syātkāryaniṣṭhaiva na syāt / tannimittatvātkāryasya asti tvasau / tasmānna pravṛttisamakālameva śatipradhvaṃsaḥ / sadṛśasandhānotpatyā kāryaniṣṭheti cenna / vināśasamakālotpattyasambhavāt / athāpi syādekasyāṃ śaktau kṣaṇasādhyamaṃśamavasāya vinaṣṭāyāmanyattatsadṛśaṃ śaktyantaramutpadyate, tasminvinaṣṭe'nyaditi / evaṃ śaktisantānātkāryaniṣṭhā bhavatīti / etadapyayuktam / kasmāt ? vināśakālotpattyasambhavāt / ko hyatra heturyena vināśasamakālamanyacchaktirūpaṃ kāryamavasīyayati na punaḥ prāktanamevāvasthitamiti ? kiṃ cānyat / kauṭasthyadoṣaparihārāt / kṣaṇottarakālāvasthāne ca bhāvānāṃ yo doṣa upāttaḥ kauṭasthyaprasaṃga iti tasya parihāra uktaḥ / tasmānnāsti śaktīnāṃ pravṛttikāle vināśaḥ / pravṛttyuttarakālamapi nāsti / kasmāt ? punaḥ pravṛttidarśanāt / śaktyantarotpattau pravṛtyuttarakālamapi iti cet na, hetvabhāvāt / ko hyatra nirbandhaḥ tasyāṃ vinaṣṭāyāmanyā pravṛttyantaraheturbhavati naiva punaḥ saiveti ? kṛtārthatvādi cet na anabhyupagamāt / na hyekaghaṭārthā śaktirabhyupagamyate / tatra yenaiva hetunā ekaṃ ghaṭamavasāya na vinaśyati tenaiva yāvanti kartavyānīti / tasmāttriṣu kāleṣu śaktayo'vatiṣṭhante /
yatpunaretaduktaṃ bhedābhedakalpanānupapattiriti, atra brūmaḥ- astu pradhānādabhinnā śaktiḥ / na tasya nānātvaṃ śaktyekatvaṃ vā prasajyate / kasmāt ? saṃkhyāvyavahārasya buddhyapekṣatvādbuddhinimittasya cāsatkāreṇa pradhānaśaktisvabhāvāt, ihāyaṃ saṃkhyāvyavahāro buddhyapekṣaḥ / katham ? yadabhinnāṃ buddhimutpādayati tadekaṃ, pradhānāvasthāyāṃ ca śaktayo'stamitaviśeṣatvādabhinnāṃ buddhimutpādayanti / tasmādekaṃ tatpravṛttikāle viśeṣāvagrahaṇe bhedaṃ pratipadyate, devaśaktirmanuṣyaśaktirityādi / tasmānnāsāmekatvamato na bhedābhedakalpanānupapattiriti / vyakte darśanācchaktīnāmavyakte pratipattiriti cet syādetat / vyakte śaktipravṛttī dṛṣṭe na cāvyakte / kvacidanyato vyaktamevaitasmāddhetoḥ siddhyati nāvyaktamityetaccāyuktam / kasmāt ? sāmānyatodṛṣṭāntātsiddheḥ / yathaiva hi devadattādhārayā kriyayā tasya deśāntaraprāptimupalabhyātyantādṛṣṭaṃ jyotiṣāṃ deśāntaraprāptergamanamanumīyate evaṃ pravṛtteḥ śaktiniyamitatvādvyaktasya ca pravṛttibhūtatvādavaśyamatyantādṛṣṭā śaktirabhyupagantavyeti siddhaṃ śaktitaḥ pravṛtterastyavyaktam /
kiṃ cānyat /

kāraṇakāryavibhāgāt

kāraṇaṃ ca kāryaṃ ca kāraṇakārye tayorvibhāgaḥ kāryakāraṇavibhāgaḥ / idaṃ kāraṇamidaṃ kāryamiti buddhyā dvidhāvasthāpanaṃ vibhāgo yaḥ sa kāraṇakāryavibhāgaḥ / tadavasthitabhāvapūrvakaṃ dṛṣṭam / tadyathā śayanāsanarathacaraṇādiḥ / asti cāyaṃ vyaktasya kāraṇakāryavibhāgastasmādidamapyavasthitabhāpūrvakaṃ, yo'sāvavasthito bhāvastadavyaktam /
āha, tadanupalabdherayuktam / na hi śayanādīnāṃ kāraṇakāryavibhāgaḥ kaścidupalabhyate / tasmādayuktametat /
ucyate na kāryakāraṇayorupakārakopakāryaparyāyatvātkāraṇaṃ kāryamiti nirvatyanirvartakabhāvo'bhipretaḥ / kiṃ tarhyupakārakopakāryabhāvaḥ / sa cāsti śayanādīnāṃ vyaktasya ca / ato na pramādābhidhānanetat /
āha, kaḥ punarvyaktasya parasyaparasya kāryakāraṇabhāva iti ?
ucyate guṇānāṃ tāvatsattvarajastamasāṃ prakāśapravṛttiniyamalakṣaṇairdharmairitaretaropakāreṇa yathā pravṛttirbhavati, tatha prītyaprītiviṣādātmakā ityetasminsūtre (ISk 12) vyākhyātam / tathā śabdādīnāṃ pṛthivyādiṣu parasparārthamekādhāratvam / śrotrādīnāmitaretarārjanarakṣaṇasaṃskārāḥ / karaṇasya kāryātsthānasādhanaprakhyāpanādikāryasya karaṇādvṛttikṣatabhaṃgasaṃrohaṇasaṃśoṣaṇaparipālanāni / pṛthivyādīnāṃ vṛttisaṃgrahaṇapanthivyūhāvakāśadānairgavādibhāvo daivamānuṣatiraścāṃ yathartuvidhānejyāpoṣaṇābhyavahārasaṃvyavahārairitaretarādhyayanaṃ varṇānāṃ svadharmapravṛttiviṣayabhāvaḥ / anyaśca lokādyathāsaṃbhavaṃ draṣṭavyaḥ /
āha, tadanupapattiḥ / kramayaugapadyāsambhavāt /
yo'yaṃ guṇānāṃ prakāśapravṛttiniyamairitaretaropakāro'bhyupagamyate sa khalu krameṇa vā syāt yugapadvā ? kiṃ cātaḥ ? tanna tāvatkrameṇa saṃbhavati / kasmāt ? ekasya nirapekṣasya pravṛttāvitarayorapi tatprasaṃgāt / yadi tāvatsattvaṃ pūrvaṃ guṇāntaranirapekṣaṃ svaśaktita eva prakāśate tayorupakārakamityāśrīyate / tena yathā sattvamevamitarāvapyupakāranirapekṣau svakāryaṃ kariṣyata ityupakārānarthakyam / atha mā bhūdayaṃ doṣa ityato yaugapadyamāśrīyate / tadapyanupapannam / kasmāt ? sahabhūtānāmanupakārakatvād, goviṣāṇavat / kiṃ cānyat / sadasadvikalpānupapatteḥ / iha sattvaṃ prakāśamānaṃ rajastamasorvidyamānaṃ vā prakāśamāviṣkuryāt avidyamānaṃ vā ? kiṃ cātaḥ ? tadyadi tāvadvidyamānamabhivyanakti tena sarveṣāmekasvābhāvyādguṇatvaprasaṃgaḥ / kiṃca sattvavaccetarayoḥ svātaṃtryaprasaṃgaḥ / yathā sattvasya prakāśaktirastītyatastad guṇāntaranirapekṣaṃ prakāśate tadvaditarāvapītyadoṣaḥ / atha vāvidyamānā prakāśaśaktiḥ sattvasmbandhādrajastamasorupajāyate / tena yaduktaṃ prākpravṛttereva tiṣṭhante śaktaya iti tad hīnam / tataśca satkāryavādavyāghātaḥ / kiṃ cāyamanekāntāt / na hyayamekāntaḥ parasparopakāriṇāmavasthitabhāvapūrvakatvamiti / tathā hi sattvādayaḥ parasparopakāriṇo na cāvasthitabhāvapūrvakāḥ / tena yaduktaṃ kāraṇakāryavibhāgādbhedānāmavyaktamasti etadayuktam /
ucyate- yaduktamupakārābhāvaḥ, kramayaugapadyāsambhavāditi, astu yugapadupakāraḥ / yattūktam sahabhūtānāmanupakārakatvaṃ goviṣāṇādivaditi, atra brūmaḥ na, anyathānupapatteḥ / na hi goviṣāṇayoḥ sahabhūtatvādaukārānupapattiḥ / kiṃ tarhi ekakāryābhāvāt / yeṣāṃ tu kāryamekaṃ sahabhāve tu teṣāmupakāro na pratiṣidhyate / tadyathā pṛthivyādīnāṃ dhṛtisaṃgrahaśaktivyūhāvakāśadānaiḥ / śarīrasthitayorakramabhāvinorapi khuraviṣāṇayornāsti parasparopakāraḥ / tasmānna sahabhāvāsahabhāvāvupakārānupakārahetū / kiṃ ca dṛṣṭatvāt / dṛṣṭaḥ khalu vegenordhvagamane vāyoraraghaṭṭādīnāṃ yugapadupakāraḥ na kaściddoṣaḥ tathā guṇānāmapi syāt / saṃyoganimitta iti cet sādhyaṃ kimarthāntarabhūtamuta prāptimātraṃ saṃyoga iti / yatpunaretaduktaṃ sadasadvikalpānupapatteriti atra brūmaḥ ayuktametat / kasmāt ? paṅgvandhavattadupakāre doṣānupapatteḥ / tadyathā paṅgvandhayoritaretarasambandhānna vidyamānayordṛggatiśaktyoranyonyātmani vyaktiḥ na cāvidyamānayoratha caikakāryasiddhiryathā ca pṛthivyādīnāṃ parasparopakāritvaṃ śaktayorabhivyajyate na paraśaktyā evaṃ guṇānāmapīti / yatpunaretaduktamanekāntāditi tadayuktam / kasmāt ? śāstrānavabodhāt / ihāsmākaṃ kāryakāraṇayorarthānabhyupagamādguṇānāmavasthāntaramevāvasthāntarānapekṣaṃ kāryakāraṇaśabdavācyatāṃ labhate / tatra ye tāvatpradhānāvasthānubhāvino guṇāsteṣāṃ śaktimātrarūpatvādanirdeśyaprakāśādisvabhāvānāṃ nāsti tannibandhana upakāraḥ / yadā vaiṣamyamāpadyante tadānivāritaprakāśādirūpāstannimittamupakāraṃ pratipadyante / tasmādvyaktānāmupakārābhyupagamādavasthitabhāvapūrvakatvaṃ na virudhyata iti śāstramanavagamyaivamucyate'naikāntiko'yaṃ hetuḥ / pradhānāvasthāyāmupakārānabhyupagamāduttarakālamapi tatprasaṃga iti cet syānmatam, yadi guṇānāmādye prakope svasāmarthyādeva pūrvasmātpracyutistenottarakālamapi tadvadeva bhaviṣyati / atha pradhānāvasthāyāmapi copakāro na tarhi nānaikāntiko heturiti / tacca naivam / kasmāt ? agnivatsvaśaktinimittatvāt / tadyathā sūkṣmo'gniḥ sūkṣmaṃ prakāśaṃ svayameva karoti, ghaṭādiprakāśane tu tailavarttyādyapekṣate / tadvadguṇānāmādyaḥ prakopaḥ svaśaktitaḥ / mahadādyapekṣastūpakārataḥ / tasmādyuktametat kāraṇakāryavibhāgādastyavyaktamiti /
kiṃ cānyat /

avibhāgādvaiśvarūpyasya // ISk_15 //

iha yadviśvarūpaṃ tasyāvibhāgo dṛṣṭaḥ / tadyathā salilādīnām / jalabhūmī viśvarūpāśca mahadādayaḥ / tasmādeṣāmapyavibhāgena bhavitavyam / yo'sāvavibhāgastadavyaktam / tasmādastyavyaktam /
āha, kiṃ punastadvaiśvarūpyaṃ, ko vā viśvarūpa iti ?
ucyate- vaiśvarūpyamiti viśiṣṭamavasthānamācakṣmahe, astamitaviśeṣatvamavibhāga iti / viśeṣasya sāmānyapūrvakatvāditi yo'rthastaduktaṃ bhavati avibhāgādvaiśvarūpyasyeti / evametaiḥ pañcabhirvītairvyaktasya kāraṇamastyavyaktamiti siddham /
āha- vipratiṣedhaprasaṃgaḥ / kāraṇāntarapratiṣedhāvacanāt / yathā bhavānāha- pradhānaṃ jagadutpattisamarthaṃ kāraṇamasti / evaṃ tantrāntarīyāḥ paramāṇupuruṣeśvarakarmadaivasvabhāvakālayadṛcchābhāvānkāraṇatvenābhidadhati, teṣāṃ ca pratiṣedho nocyata iti / ato vipratiṣedhaḥ prāpnoti / kiṃ pradhānameva kāraṇaṃ āhosvidetānyeva vobhayamiti ? anvayadarśanāttadanupapattiriti cet syānmatam pradhānānvaya eva pṛthivyādiṣu sukhādilakṣaṇa upalabhyate / yacca yenānvitaṃ tasyāsau vikāra iti yuktametatprāgapadiṣṭam / tasmātpradhānavikāra eva vyaktamiti / taccānupapannam / kasmāt ? anekānvayasaṃbhavāt / paramāṇvanvayo'pi hi vyakta upalabhyate rūpādisattvāt / puruṣānvayaḥ karaṇasya saṃvedakatvāt / īśvarānvayaḥ śaktiviśeṣayuktānāmupalabdheḥ / karmadaivānvayaḥ jagadvaicitryopalambhāt / svabhāvānvayo dravyāntarasaṃsarge'pi bhāvānāṃ tasmādapracyuteḥ / kālānvayaḥ yugādyanuvidhānāt / yadṛcchānvayo niyamābhāvāt / abhāvānvayo gavādīnāṃ parasparātmasvadarśanāditaretarāṇi prayuktāni / kāraṇāntarapūrvakatve'pi khalu vyaktasya śaktyāḥ parimāṇādayaḥ pūrvameva kalpayitum / tasmādayuktamanvayādibhyaḥ kāraṇamastyavyaktamiti /
ucyate- yattāvaduktaṃ paramāṇūnāmapratiṣedhāt vipratiṣedhaprasaṃga iti, atra brūmaḥ- tadanupapattirastitvānabhyupagamāt / astitve hi paramāṇūnāmabhyupagamyamāne sati satyamevaṃ syādiyamāśaṃkā, kiṃ paramāṇupūrvakamidaṃ viśvamatha pradhānapūrvakamiti ? na tu teṣāṃ sadbhāvo niścitaḥ / tasmādayuktametat / yattu khalvidamucyate pṛthivyādiṣu rūpādyupalambhādanvayadarśanādaṇūnāṃ sadbhāvaḥ pradhānavadeva kalpayitavya ityetadapi cānupapannam / kasmāt ? anyathāpi tadupapatteḥ / tanmātrapūrvakatve'pi hi pṛthivyādīnāṃ kalpyamāne rūpādisattvādato na yuktametat / sukhādīnāmātmaguṇatvenābhyupagamātpradhāne'pi tatprasaṃga iti cet, athāpi syādyathā tanmātrāṇāṃ rūpādimattvaṃ kalpyate tatpūrvakatvaṃ ca pṛthivyādīnāṃ dṛśyamapi teṣu rūpādisattvaliṅgena paramāṇubhyo niṣkṛṣyate, evamasmābhiḥ sukhādīnāmātmaguṇatvābhyupagamāttadbuddhinimittatve pṛthivyādīnāṃ pradhānapūrvatvākṣepaḥ kariṣyata iti / etaccānupapannam / kasmāt ? ātmaguṇatvatiṣedhāt / tasmācca viparyāsādityatra (ISk 19) sukhādīnāmātmaguṇatvapratiṣedhaṃ kariṣyāmaḥ tasmādasamyagetat /
āha, yadi punastanmātrāṇāmeva paramāṇutvamabhyupagamyate ka evaṃ sati doṣaḥ syāt ?
ucyate- na śakyamevaṃ bhavitum / kiṃ kāraṇam ? vṛddhimatyastanmātralakṣaṇāḥ prakṛtayo'smābhirabhyupagamyante / kasmāt ? svakāryāddhi prathīyasī prakṛtirbhavatīti ca naḥ samayaḥ / mahānti ca pṛthivyādīni mahābhūtāni / tasmātteṣāṃ tadatiriktatayā pṛthivyā bhavitavyam / paricchinnadeśāśca paramāṇavaḥ / tasmānna tanmātrābhyupagamātteṣāmabhyupagamaḥ / upetya vā tadasambhavaḥ kṛtakatvāt / astu vā paramāṇūnāṃ sadbhāvastathāpi tebhyo jagadutpatterasambhavaṃ brūmaḥ / kiṃ kāraṇam ? kṛtakatvāt / akṛtakena hi jagatkāraṇena yuktaṃ bhavituṃ, kṛtakāśca paramāṇavaḥ / tasmātsatyapi sadbhāve na teṣāṃ jagatkāraṇamiṣyate iti ? ucyate- tasyaiva kāraṇatvaprasaṃgāt / yaddhi tatparamāṇūnāṃ kāraṇaṃ tadeva jagatkāraṇatvena yuktaṃ kalpayituṃ syāt na tanniṣādimatāḥ paramāṇavaḥ / kṛtakatvāsiddherayuktamiti cet syānmataṃ yadi paramāṇūnāṃ kṛtakatvaṃ prasiddhamata etadyujyate vaktumamuṣmāddhetorakāraṇaṃ paramāṇava iti / tattvasiddham / tasmānna kiṃcidetat / ucyate- paricchinnadeśatvāt / iha yatparicchinnadeśaḥ tatkṛtakaṃ dṛṣṭam / tadyathā ghaṭaḥ, paricchinnadeśaśca / tasmātparamāṇavaḥ kṛtakāḥ / kiṃ cānyat rūpādimattvāt / iha yadrūpādimattatkṛtakaṃ dṛṣṭam / tadyathā ghaṭāḥ, rūpādimantaśca paramāṇavaḥ / tasmātkṛtakāḥ / kiṃ cānyat auṣṇyayogāt / yadauṣṇyayuktaṃ tatkṛtakam / tadyathā pradīpaḥ, tadvantaścāgneyāḥ paramāṇavaḥ / tasmātkṛtakāḥ / kiṃca vegavattvāt / iha yadvegavattatkṛtakam / tadyathā iṣurvegavān, tadvanto vāyavīyāḥ paramāṇavaḥ / tasmātkṛtakāḥ / kiṃca snehadravatvayogāt / iha yatsnehadravatvayuktaṃ tatkṛtakam / yathā kedārādiṣvāpaḥ / itthaṃ cāpyāḥ paramāṇavaḥ / tasmātkṛtakāḥ / kiṃcādheyatvāt / iha yadanyasminnādhīyate tatkṛtakam / tadyathā ṭhaghavam / ādhīyante ca paramāṇavaḥ pṛthivyām, tasmātkṛtakāḥ / kiṃca arthāntarādhāratvāt / iha yadarthāntarasyādhāratvaṃ pratipadyate tatkṛtakam / tadyathā ghaṭaḥ / arthāntarasya ca dvyaṇukāderādhāratvamaṇavaḥ pratipadyante tasmātkṛtakāḥ / kiṃca prāptivyavadhānāt / iha yayormadhye antarā dravyamavasthitam prāptervyavadhāyakaṃ bhavati, tau kṛtakau / tadyathā, dvyaṅgulī / tathā cāṇū dvāvantarāṇvantaramavasthitaṃ, yo yaḥ prāptervyavadhāyakaṃ tau kṛtakau tasmāttāvapi kṛtakau / kiṃca dravyāntarārambhakatvāt / iha yad dravyāntarārambhakaṃ tatkṛtakaṃ vaḥ / tadyathā tantuḥ, dravyārambhakāśca paramāṇavaḥ / tasmātkṛtakāḥ / kiṃca pratyakṣatvāt / iha yatpratyakṣaṃ tatkṛtakaṃ dṛṣṭam / tadyathā ghaṭaḥ, pratyakṣāśca yogināṃ paramāṇavaḥ / tatkṛtakāḥ / ataeva kṛtakatvamiti cet syānmataṃ yata eva yogināṃ pratyakṣāḥ paramāṇavastata eva kṛtakāḥ / kiṃ kāraṇam / asmadādipratyakṣaṃ ghaṭādi hi kṛtakaṃ dṛṣṭamiti kṛtvā / etadapyanupapannam / kasmāt ? śarīrakṛtakatvaprasaṅgāt / śarīramapi hi yogināṃ pratyakṣaṃ, kāmaṃ tadapyakṛtakamastu / atha naitadeva tarhi nākṛtakāḥ paramāṇavaḥ / pradhānādiṣu prasaṃga iti cenna anabhyupagamāt / śrīkapilabrāhmaṇairapi pradhānapuruṣāvapratyakṣāviti naḥ śāstram / tasmādyatkiṃcidetat / sattādivaditi cet syānmatam, yathā sattāguṇatvarūpatvādīnāṃ sati pratyakṣatve'kṛtakatvam evaṃ paramāṇūnāṃ bhaviṣyatīti / tadapyayuktam / kasmāt ? sādhyatvāt / paramāṇvakṛtakatvavatsattādīnāṃ sadbhāvo'siddhaḥ / tasmācchaśaviṣāṇātpuruṣaviṣāṇasiddhivadagrāhyametat / saukṣmyādaṇūnāṃ kṛtakatvāprasaṃga iti cet syānmatam, na hi paramāṇubhyaḥ sūkṣmataramanyad bhāvāntaramasti yadeṣāmārambhakaṃ syāt / parā khalveṣā kāṣṭhā saukṣmyasya yatparamāṇavaḥ / tasmādeṣāṃ kṛtakatvamanupapannamiti / etaccāyuktam / kasmāt ? pākajeṣvatiprasaṃgāt / saukṣmyādakṛtakatvaprasaṃgaḥ / te'pi paramāṇavaḥ sūkṣmāḥ / yattu khalvatisaukṣmyātpradhānapuruṣayorakṛtakatvaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ tatsati vibhutve / na ca yathā pradhānapuruṣāvevamaṇavo'pi viśvaṃ vyaśnuvate / tasmātsati saukṣmye pākajavadeṣāṃ kṛtakatvamanivāryam / yeṣāṃ tu kāryadravyaṃ pacyata iti pakṣasteṣāmayamanupālambha ityataḥ paramāṇusamavetaṃ karmodāhāryam / taddhi sūkṣmamatīndriyaṃ kṛtakaṃ ceti siddhaṃ kṛtakāḥparamāṇavaḥ / kṛtakatvāccaiṣāmanityatāpyanapātinīti kṛtvāntarālapralayamahāpralayeṣu pradhvaṃsātparamāṇūnāṃ kāraṇābhāvātkāryābhāva iti svaśāstrasiddhādanumānājjagaducchittidoṣaprasaṃgaḥ / tathā bhogināmupacitasya svakarmaṇo'nupabhogātkṛtasya vipraṇāśaḥ / aniṣṭaṃ caitat / tasmānna jagatkāraṇaṃ paramāṇavaḥ /
yāpi khalviyamāśaṃkā puruṣājjagadutpattirbhaviṣyatīti sāpyayuktā / kasmāt ? pratiṣedhāt / tasmācca viparyāsādityatra (ISk 19) puruṣasyākartṛtvamupapādayiṣyāmaḥ / caitanyāviśeṣādīśvarasyāpi sa eva vidhiḥ kāraṇatvapratiṣedhe boddhavyaḥ /
āha astyevamīśvara iti pāśupatavaiśeṣikāḥ / kasmāt ? kāryaviśeṣasyātiśayabuddhipūrvakatvāt / iha kāryaviśeṣaḥ prāsādavimānādiratiśayabuddhipūrvako dṛṣṭaḥ / asti cāyaṃ mahābhūtendriyabhuvanavinyāsādilakṣaṇaḥ kāryaviśeṣaḥ / tasmādanenāpyatiśayabuddhipūrvakeṇa bhavitavyam / yatpūrvako'yaṃ sa īśvaraḥ / tasmādastīśvara iti / kiṃ cānyat cetanācetanayorabhisambandhasya cetanakṛtatvāt / iha cetanācetanayorabhisambandhaścetanakṛto dṛṣṭaḥ, tadyathā gośakaṭayoḥ / asti cāyaṃ cetanācetanayoḥ śarīraśarīriṇorabhisambandhaḥ / tasmādanenāpi cetanakṛtena bhavitavyam / yatkṛto'yaṃ sa īśvaraḥ / tasmādastīśvaraḥ kāraṇam /
ucyate- yattāvaduktaṃ kāryaviśeṣasyātiśayabuddhipūrvakatvādīśvarasadbhāvasiddhiriti atra brūmaḥ na, sādhyatvāt / asmadādibuddhipūrvikāḥ prāsādādayaḥ, atiśayabuddhipūrvikā vā iti sādhyametat / tasmādanuttaram / kiṃca prākpradhānapravṛtterbuddhyasambhavātkāraṇāntarapratiṣedhāt pradhānādayaṃ buddhipūrvakaṃ kāryaviśeṣaṃ kurvīta / prākca pradhānavipariṇāmād buddhireva nāstītyupapannametat / śaktimattvātsvata iti cet syātpunaretat sarvaśaktipracita īśvaraḥ / tasya prāgapi pradhānavipariṇāmātsvata evecchāyogād buddhisadbhāvo na pratiṣidhyata iti / etadapyanupapannam / kasmāt ? dṛṣṭāntābhāvāt / buddhiḥ svata evetyatra paryanuyukta(sya) kaste dṛṣṭāntaḥ ? tasmādasadetat / śaktiviśeṣādadoṣa iti cet, athāpi syāt nānyeṣāṃ buddhimatāmīśvaratulyā śaktiḥ / ata eṣāṃ pradhānāccharīravyūhasamakālamātmādisannikarṣādvā buddhaya utpadyanta iti, īśvarasya tu svata iti / etadapyanupapannam / kasmāt ? sarvavādasiddhiprasaṃgāt / dṛṣṭāntaviruddhamarthamādāya pratibadhyamānena śaktiviśeṣaḥ smartavya ityetasyāṃ kalpanāyāṃ sarvavādasiddhiprasaṃgaḥ syāt / tasmād grahamātrametat / evaṃ svata īśvarasya buddhisambhavo na cedbhavet yuktamucyate prākpradhānapravṛtterbuddhyasambhavānna buddhimatpūrvako'yaṃ kāryaviśeṣaḥ / kiṃca phalānupapatteḥ / dṛṣṭamadṛṣṭaṃ vā phalamuddiśya buddhimantaḥ kāryaviśeṣānprāsādavimānādīnārabhamāṇā dṛśyante / anupahataścāyamaiśvaryāt / kiṃ ca prayojakānupapatteḥ / kiṃ ca anekāntāt / na ca sarvaḥ kāryaviśeṣo buddhipūrvakaḥ / vṛkṣādīnāṃ tadvyatirekeṇotpatteḥ / sarvasyeśvarabuddhipūrvakatvābhyupagame dṛṣṭāntābhāvaḥ / na cāstyanudāhṛto vādaḥ / tasmādanekānna buddhimatpūrvakaṃ vyaktam / kiṃ ca duḥkhottaratvāt / buddhipūrvakaścedasya kāryaviśeṣaḥ syātkarturduḥkhottaravidhāne prayojanaṃ nāsti / śaktimāṃścāyamiti sukhottarameva vidadhyāt / duḥkhottaraścāyaṃ, tasmānna buddhipūrvakaḥ kāryaviśeṣaḥ / kiṃca duḥkhopāyatvāt / buddhipūrvakaścedayaṃ kāryaviśeṣaḥ syāddharmārthakāmamokṣaprāptayaḥ sukhopāyāḥ syuḥ, duḥkhopāyāśca, tasmādabuddhipūrvakaḥ / dharmādharmanimittatvādadoṣa iti cet syānmatam, yadyapīśvarapūrvako'yaṃ kāryaviśeṣaḥ tathāpyādisarge sukhottarāṇāmasmadutpannānāṃ prāṇināṃ dharmādharmaparigrahād hīnamadhyamotkṛṣṭavayojātisvabhāvādiyogo bhavati / tataśca nāparādho'yamīśvarasyeti / etadapyayuktam / kasmāt ? adharmotpattihetvabhāvāt / īśvaraśceddharmādharmayorutpattāvīṣṭe dharmameva prāṇināṃ sukhahetutvādutpādayet nādharmaṃ, prayojanābhāvāt / atha matam svābhāvikī dharmādharmayoḥ svakāraṇādutpattiḥ, yaduktaṃ sarvamīśvarabuddhipūrvakaṃ vyaktamiti tu tasya vyāghātaḥ / tasmādīśvaro na kāraṇam / yatpunaretaduktaṃ cetanācetanayorabhisambandhasya cetanakṛtatvādīśvarasya sadbhāva iti, atra brūmaḥ- ayuktametat / kasmāt ? sādhyatvāt / yo'yaṃ cetanācetanayorgośakaṭayorabhisambandhaḥ sa kena cetanena kṛtaḥ ? yadi caitreṇa, tasya kāryakāraṇasaṃghātatvādācetanyam / atha caitraśabdavācyasya piṇḍasyopadraṣṭā kṣetrajñaḥ tatkṛta iṣyate tadayuktam, sādhyatvāt / na hi puruṣakartṛtvamasmatpakṣe prasiddham / ubhayapakṣaprasiddhena vyavahāraḥ / kiṃ cānyat anavasthāprasaṃgāt / cetanācetanayorabhisambandhasya cetanakṛtatvaṃ bruvataḥ prāptamīśvarakāryakāraṇayorabhisambandhasya cetanakṛtatvam / tathā cānavasthāprasaṃgaḥ / atha mā bhūdayaṃ doṣa iti svābhāvika īśvarasya kāryakāraṇayorabhisambandha iṣyate, na tarhyaikāntiko hetuḥ / tayorācetanyādadoṣa iti cet, syātpunaretat īśvarasya yatkāryakāraṇaṃ tadapi cetanamīśvaro'pi, tasmātsambandhena pratyudāharaṇamupapadyata iti / etadayuktam / kasmāt ? asambandhaprasaṃgāt / caitanyāviśeṣādātmana ātmāntareṇābhisambandho nāsti / evamīśvarakāryakāraṇayorapi na syāt / aniṣṭaṃ caitat / kiṃ ca aviparyayaprasaṃgāt / ubhayacaitanyapratijñasya yatheśvarasya karaṇaṃ buddhyādayaḥ, evamīśvaro'pi buddhyādīnāṃ karaṇaṃ syāt / kasmāt ? aviśeṣāt / athaitadaniṣṭaṃ, na tarhyubhayoścaitanyam / kāryakāraṇavattānabhyupagamādadoṣa iti cet vyāpī niravayavo'nantaśaktiḥ sūkṣmebhyaḥ sūkṣmatamo mahadbhyo mahattamo'dhikaraṇadharmānādirityevamanantalakṣaṇamīśvarapadārtha tadvido vyācakṣate / tasya kutaḥ kāryakāraṇamavalambyedamādhyāropitamiti ? etadapyanupapannam / kasmāt ? anumānavirodhāt / itthaṃ cedīśvaro yadidamanumānaṃ kāryaviśeṣasyātiśayabuddhipūrvakatvācca cetanācetanayorabhisambandhasya cetanakṛtatvāditi tadvyāhanyate / kasmāt ? na hyetāvadīdṛśārthena sahaitaddṛṣṭamiti / upetya vā, mūrtiparigrahavyāghātāt / yadyekāntenaivaṃrūpa īśvaraḥ, kṣityādimūrtiparigraho vyāhanyeta / kiṃ cānyat- śruteḥ / śrutirapi cāsya mūrtimācaṣṭe kṛttivāsāḥ pinākahasto vitatadhanvā nīlaśikhaṇḍītyādi / tadabhyupagamātsvapakṣahāniriti cet, syānmataṃ yadi tarhi śrutivacanānmūrtimānīśvaraḥ parigṛhyate / tena siddhamasyāstitvam / kasmāt ? na hyasato mūrtimattvamupapadyata iti kṛtvā / etadapyayuktam / abhiprāyānavabodhāt / na hyekāntena vayaṃ bhagavataḥ śaktiviśeṣaṃ pratyācakṣmahe, māhātmyaśarīrādiparigrahāt / yathā tu bhavatocyate pradhānapuruṣavyatiriktaḥ tayoḥ prayoktā nāstītyayamasmadabhiprāyaḥ, tasmādetasya bādhakam / ato na pradhānapuruṣayorabhisambandho'nyakṛtaḥ / kiṃ cānyat aśakyatvāt / kurvāṇaḥ khalvapyayamabhisambandhaṃ śarīramātreṇa vā śarīriṇaḥ kuryāt, śarīrakāraṇena vā ? kiṃ cātaḥ ? tanna tāvaccharīramātreṇa karoti / kasmāt ? anapekṣasya śarīrotpattau nimittābhāvāt / na śarīrakāraṇena, vibhutvāt / paricchinnayorgośakaṭayorabhisambandho'nyakṛtaḥ, vibhū ca pradhānapuruṣau / kiṃ ca pārārthyāt / gośakaṭayorabhisambandhaḥ parārtho dṛṣṭaḥ / na tu pradhānapuruṣayorabhisambandhaḥ parārtha iti / īśvarārtha iti cenna, uktatvāt / dṛṣṭādṛṣṭārtha īśvarasyānupapanna ityādāvevoktametat / evaṃ tāvatpāśupatānāmīśvaraparigrahe doṣaḥ /
vaiśeṣikāṇāṃ cāyaṃ doṣaḥ / kiṃ ca dravyādipadārthāntarabhāvābhāvaparikalpanānupapattiśca / tairīśvaro dravyaguṇakarmasāmānyaviśeṣasamavāyabhūto vā parikalpyamānaḥ parikalpyate, padārthāntarabhūto vā ? kiṃ cātaḥ ? tanna tāvad dravyādibhūtaḥ / kasmāt ? dvividhaṃ hi dravyaṃ anekadravyamadravyaṃ ca / tatra nānekadravyamīśvaraḥ, kṛtakatvādidoṣaprasaṃgāt / nādravyaṃ, parisaṃkhyānāt / pṛthivyādīni manaḥparyantāni navaiva dravyāṇi vaḥ siddhāntaḥ / itikaraṇasya parisamāptyarthatvāt / kiṃ ca guṇakarmanirdeśāt / sati cāsya dravyatve vaiśeṣikaguṇanirdeśa ācāryeṇa kṛtaḥ syāt / kāraṇāntaraprayogasamarthasya ca karma nirdiṣṭaṃ syāt / na tu tathā / tasmānna dravyaguṇādayaḥ / āśrayaparatantrā hi guṇādayaḥ parārthāḥ / evaṃ na dravyādibhūto nāpi padārthāntarabhūtaḥ / padārthatve hi sati dravyādivallakṣaṇamuktamabhaviṣyat / ācāryeṇa tu noktam / tasmāsūtrakāramate nāstīśvaraḥ / liṅgāditi cet, syānmatam- saṃjñākarmatvamasmadviśiṣṭānāṃ liṅgam / pratyakṣapūrvakatvādvā saṃjñākarmaṇa ityetasmālliṅgādīśvaraparigraha ācāryasya siddha iti / tadapyayuktam / kasmāt ? abhipretāsiddheḥ / satyamanena liṅgenāsmadādibhyo viśiṣṭaśakteḥ kasyacideva māhātmyaśarīrasyānyasya vā pratipattiḥ syāt / saṃjñāmātraṃ tu yathā bhavadbhiḥ sarvakāraṇānāṃ sṛṣṭyupasaṃhārapravṛttiheturekaḥ svatantra iṣyate / tathā cāsmālliṅgātpratipattiḥ / kiṃ cānyat / prāganupadeśe'kauśalaprasaṃgāt / īśvaraparatantre cedaṇūnāṃ pravṛttinivṛttī syātāṃ tameva prāgupadiśet / dharmavatpradhānapadārthasya vā prāganupadeśādakuśalaḥ sūtrakāra ityetadāpadyate / na caitadiṣṭamubhayam / kiṃ cānyat asaṃkīrtanāt / śāstrapradeśe cāyamīśvaro na kasmiṃścidapyācāryeṇa saṃkīrtitaḥ / na cāsya vadhvā iva śvaśuranāmasaṃkīrtane doṣopapattiḥ syāt / doṣasaṃvibhāgārthamidamācāryasyāniṣṭamadhyāropyate, na tu matamasyaitat / evaṃ kāṇādānāmīśvaro'stīti pāśupatopajñametat / tasmādīśvaro'pyakāraṇam /
karmāṇubhirvyākhyātam / katham ? yathā kṛtakatvānna jagatkāraṇamaṇavaḥ, evaṃ karmāpi na śarīranimittaṃ, tasmāttadapyakāraṇam / itaretaranimittatvādadoṣa iti cet syānmatam, yathāntareṇa śarīraṃ karma notpadyamānaṃ dṛṣṭamevamantareṇa karma śarīrasyāpi kāraṇāntaramaśakyaṃ kalpayitumiti parasparanimittatvānnāsya parivartasya pūrvakoṭiḥ prajñāyate / tasmānnāstyanayoḥ kāraṇāntaramiti / etaccāyuktam / kasmāt ? anavasthānāmavasthānapūrvakatvadarśanāt / tadyathā śukraśoṇitāccharīraṃ śarīrācchukraśoṇitamityasya parivartasya pūrvakoṭiradṛṣṭā, pratijñāyate cāyonijatvamīśvaraśarīrāṇāmādisarge ca / tathā ca bījāṅkurādayo'ṅkurādibhyo bījamityanavasthā / bhāti cātrādisarge paramāṇumātrādapi bījaprādurbhāvastathā śarīrakarmaṇoranavasthā / idānīmapi cādisarge cādhikāramātravaśāccharīrotpattiḥ syāt / sādhāraṇavigrahatvaprasaṃga iti cet syādetat, yadyadhikāranimittā śarīrotpattirādisarge'bhyupagamyate prāptamekena śarīreṇa sarvapuruṣāṇāmabhisambandho niyamahetvabhāvāt / tataśca śarīrāntarānarthakyam / tenaiva sarveṣāmupabhogasāmarthyāditi / etadanupapannam / kasmāt ? pratyakṣavirodhāt / satyametadanumānataḥ / pratyakṣatastu śarīrāṇi pratipuruṣam, tasmānnāyaṃ prasaṃgaḥ / apavarganiyamaprasaṃga iti cet syānmataṃ yadyadhikāramātravaśāccharīrotpattiḥ paramarṣerevāpavargasādhanaṃ śarīrādutpadyeteti / ucyate- na tasyaiva, kiṃ tarhi sarveṣāṃ guṇānāṃ prādhānyāttannimittāni śarīrāṇyādisarge sāṃsiddhikānyutpadyante / tatra yasya sattvapradhānaṃ kāryakaraṇaṃ sa paramarṣiḥ / yasya sattvaṃ rajobahulaṃ sa māhātmyaśarīraḥ / evaṃ guṇasamparkād guṇapradhānāpradhānabhāvena yāvatsthāvaraśarīraprādurbhāva ityato nāsti guṇānāṃ śarīraviniyogapakṣapātaḥ / tasmādyuktametatkṛtakatvānna karma jagatkāraṇamiti / etena caivaṃ vyākhyām / tadapi hi karmaṇāmeva prāptaparipākāṇāmabhidhānamarthāntarameveti cetsādhyam / tasmādapyakalpanīyamiti /
yadapyuktaṃ kālājjagadutpattirbhaviṣyatīti tadanupapannam / kasmāt ? kāraṇaparispandasyaiva tadabhidhānasanniveśāt / na hi naḥ kālo nāma kaścidasti, kiṃ tarhi kriyamāṇakriyāṇāmevādityagatigodohaghaṭāstanitādīnāṃ viśiṣṭāvadhisarūpapratyayanimittatvat / parāparādiliṅgasadbhāvātpratipattiriti cenna, akṛtakeṣu tadanupapatteḥ / yadeva kṛtakaṃ tatraiva paramaparamityādiḥ pratyayo dṛṣṭaḥ / sa yadi kriyāvyatiriktanimittaḥ syādaviśeṣānnityānityeṣu syāt / kvacitsāmarthādapākajavadadoṣa iti cet syānmatam- yathāgnisaṃyogaḥ pākajahetuḥ tathā cāviśeṣe'pi pṛthivyāmeva pākajotpattinimittaṃ bhavati nākāśādiṣu / evaṃ kālo'pi parāparādiheturatha cānityeṣveva syānna nityeṣviti / taccāyuktam / kasmāt ? viśeṣopapatteḥ / rūpādivikriyāheturagnistadyuktaṃ yadasau tadvati dravye pākajānādadyāt, (nā) tadvatyākāśādau / kālastu sambandhamātropakārī na vikriyāhetuḥ / tasmādasadetat / evaṃ yadi kriyābhyo'nyaḥ kāla iṣyate kāraṇaparispandasya jagatkāraṇatvamathānyatsādhyam /
yadṛcchāpi na kāraṇaṃ karmavat kāryakāraṇabhāvāt / kāryakāraṇabhūtaṃ hīdaṃ vyaktamiti prāgvyākhyātam / sa ca kāryakāraṇabhāvaḥ prekṣāpūrvakṛtānāṃ śayanādīnāmupalabdhau yādṛcchikeṣu cānupalabdhau na tasyā liṅgamiti śakyaṃ vaktum /
abhāvo'pyakāraṇam, parimāṇādidarśanāt / na hi tata utpannānāṃ parimāṇamupapadyata ityato nāpyanvayaḥ / sātmakanirātmakayoratyantajātibhedāt /
nāpi śaktistadabhāvāt / nopakāro'navasthānāt / na vibhāgo nirātmakatvāt /
tasmānna paramāṇupuruṣeśvarakarmadaivakālasvabhāvayadṛcchābhāvebhyo vyaktamutpadyate / na cedebhyaḥ, pariśeṣataḥ pradhānasyaivāstitvaliṅgamidam / tasmādyuktametat bhedānāṃ parimāṇādibhyaḥ kāraṇamastyavyaktamiti // 15 //