Kārikā 31

āha, kiṃ punareṣāṃ karaṇānāṃ svaviṣayaniyamena vṛttirbhavati āhosvidvyatikareṇeti ?
ucyate- nanu ca prāgeva rūpādiṣu pañcānāmālocanamātramiṣyate vṛttiriti (ISk 28) coktvācāryeṇānte'padiṣṭaṃ saiṣā bhavatyasāmānyeti (ISk 29) / tatraivaṃ gate bhavataḥ saṃśayaḥ /
kutaḥ ityucyate- satyamevaitat / tathāpi jāyate saṃśayaḥ / kutaḥ ? karaṇāntareṇa svaviṣayopalabdhau karaṇāntarautsukyadarśanāt / iha karaṇāntareṇa cakṣuṣāmradāḍimādirūpopalabdhau satyāṃ karaṇāntarasya jihvālakṣaṇasyautsukyaṃ pravṛttiścopalabdhā / tadyadi svaviṣayaniyatānīndriyāni, naiṣāṃ karaṇāntaraviṣayopalambhāttatsāhacaryāpekṣaḥ svaviṣayagrahaṇabhāvaḥ syāt / asti ca / tasmādupapannaḥ saṃśayaḥ / tatredānīṃ bhavataḥ pratipattiriti /
ucyate- atrāpi nāstīndriyāṇāṃ svaviṣayagrahaṇavyatikaraḥ / kiṃ tarhi

svāṃ svāṃ pratipadyante parasparākūtahetukīṃ vṛttim /
puruṣārtha eva heturna kenacit kāryate karaṇam // ISk_31 //

yasya karaṇasya yā vṛttirapadiṣṭā tadyathā śrotrasya śabdagrahaṇam, cakṣuṣo rūpagrahaṇam ityādi / tāmeva pratipadyante- svaviṣayajidhṛkṣayāvalambanta ityarthaḥ / parasparasyākūtaṃ parasparākūtam / ākūtamabhiprāyo'bhisandhirityarthaḥ / parasparākūtaṃ hetuḥ pratipatterasyāḥ, seyaṃ parasparākūtahetukī / parasparākūtaṃ pratipatteḥ kāraṇamiti kṛtvā tācchabdyaṃ labhate / tadyathā dadhitrapusaṃ jvaraḥ / etaduktaṃ bhavati yadā cakṣuṣāmradāḍimādi rūpamupalabdhaṃ bhavati tadā rasanendriyamupāttaviṣayasya cakṣuṣo vṛttiṃ saṃvedya svaviṣayajighṛkṣayautsuktavadvikāramāpadyate, rasanasya vṛtiṃ saṃvedya pādau viharaṇamārabhete hastāvādānaṃ, tāvadyāvadasau viṣayo rasanendriyayogyatāṃ nītaḥ / tato rasanaṃ svaviṣaye pravartate / evamitareṣvapi vaktavyam /
āha, yadyevaṃ tena tarhīndriyāntaravṛttisaṃvedane'kṣapratyayavatvaprasaṃgaḥ / yadi tarhīndriyāntareṇendriyāntarasya vṛttiḥ saṃvedyate, prāptamasya pratyayavattvam / athāpratyayamindriyaṃ parasparākūtasaṃvedanaṃ, tarhi na vācyamiti / kiṃ ca parasparadvāridvārabhāvaprasaṃgaśca / indriyāntaraṃ cedindriyāntarasya vṛttiṃ saṃvedya svārthamākāṃkṣet, prāptamasya dvāritvamitarasya ca dvāratvam / tadayuktamindriyāṇāṃ parasparākūtasaṃvedanamiti /
ucyate- na, upacārāt / prāgevopadiṣṭamasmābhirapratyayamindriyamiti / kiṃ tarhi svaviṣayasya paṭoḥ sahacāriṇamarthamindriyāntaraviṣayatāmāpannaṃ saṃspṛśya svabhāvata indriyāntaraṃ svaviṣayaṃ prati sākāṃkṣaṃ bhavati, tatsannidhau vikriyādarśanāt / tatra saṃvedanamupacaryaivamucyate ityadoṣaḥ / kiṃ cānyat / bhautikāvayavapratyayavivṛttivattadvivṛtteḥ / yathā buddheḥ prasādamanantaraṃ bhautikānāmavayavānāṃ mukhanayanādīnāṃ prasādo bhavati, na caiṣāṃ pratyayavattvam, evamihāpi syāt / na ca pratyayavattvam / etena dvāridvārabhāvaḥ pratyuktaḥ /
mano'dhiṣṭhānasāmarthyādvā / athavā parasparaviṣayamākūtaṃ parasparākūtam, yathā jalaviṣayaḥ puruṣaḥ jalapuruṣaḥ / ākūtamicchā saṃkalpaḥ mana ityarthaḥ / sa heturasyāḥ seyaṃ parasparākūtahetukī tām / etaduktaṃ bhavati, yathā kiṃcidindriyaṃ viṣaye pravṛttaṃ bhavati tadā taddvāreṇa samastamarthamupalabhya tatsahacāriṇamarthāntaramākāṃkṣadindriyāntaraṃ vṛttyā pratitiṣṭhate / tenākāṃkṣāvatā manasādhiṣṭhitāmindriyaṃ vikriyāmāpadyate / tathā ca tantrāntare'pyuktaṃ- "yasya yasyendriyasya viṣayaṃ manodhyāyatyabhisampattyarthena tasya tasyautsukyaṃ pravṛttiśca bhavatīti /" etaduktaṃ svāṃ svāṃ pratipadyante parasparākūtahetukīṃ vṛttiriti /
kimindriyaṃ manovṛttyādhiṣṭhāya svaviṣaye pravartayati yathā paraśvādīṃścaitra iti ?
netyucyate / kiṃ tarhi svaviṣayasaṃkalpānugṛhītasya manasaḥ saṃsparśātsvayamevendriyaṃ svaviṣayaṃ pratipadyate / kasmāt ? prayogaśaktyasiddheḥ / na hi yathā caitrasya paraśvādiprayogaśaktiḥ siddhā evaṃ manasa indriyaprayogaśaktiḥ / tasmādayuktamindriyasya manaḥ prerakamiti / raja iti cetsyānmatam, rajaso hīndriyāntaraprayogasāmarthyaṃ vidyate / tasmādayuktamuktaṃ prayogaśaktyasiddhernendriyāṇāṃ manaḥprayojakamiti / etaccāyuktam ? kasmāt ? aviśeṣāt / indriyāntare'pi hi tarhi rajo'stītyata ātmabhūtenaivāsya nimittena pravṛttirapratiṣiddhā, kiṃ manasā parikalpiteneti ? kiṃ cānyat, karaṇāntarānupapatteḥ / caitro hi paraśvādīnāṃ prayogaṃ karaṇāntareṇa karoti / na tu manasaḥ karaṇāntaramastītyasamānam / pāṇivaditi cenna caitravyāpārāpekṣatvāt / tadapi hi caitravyāpārāpekṣaṃ pravartate na svataḥ / kiṃca tadvyatirekeṇa pravṛttyupalabdheḥ / yasya hi prayojakāntarāpekṣā pravṛttiḥ na tasya kadācidapi svatantrasya bhavati / asti tu saṃkalpavyatirekeṇa meghastanitādiṣvindriyasya pravṛttiḥ / tasmānnendriyāntarasya manaḥ kārakam / na cetkārakaṃ yathā maulānāṃ guṇānāmevamihāpi puruṣārtha evaṃ heturna kena citkāryate karaṇamiti siddham // 31 //