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athe caturthaṃ prakaraṇam|



nanu bhavatā vyākhyāto yathādharmasadvādaḥ| kaḥ punaḥ sambandhaḥ|



atrocyate| praśnottarasambandho viṃśatividhaḥ| yadi kaścittena viṃśatividhenārthena samyagnyāyamārabhate sa sadvādasya jñātetyucyate| yadi naivaṃ tadā nāyaṃ vivādadharmāvagantā| eṣāṃ viṃśatividhānāṃ sāro dvividhaḥ| vaidharmyaṃ sādharmyañca| sajātīyatvātsādharmyaṃ vijātīyatvādvaidharmyam| arthasya hi tatsamāśrayatvātte viṃśatidharmān vyāpnuvataḥ|



kiṃ sādharmyam| yathā kleśakṣayo nirābhāsa eva, ākāśabhāvo'pi nirābhāsa iti sādharmyam|



kiṃ vaidharmyam| yathā nirvāṇamakṛtakatvānnityaṃ tathā sarve saṃskārāḥ kṛtakatvādanityāḥ| iti vaidharmyam|



nanu sādharmyavaidharmyābhyāṃ kathaṃ dūṣaṇam|



atrocyate| sādharmyadūṣaṇamicchatā evaṃ vaktavyam| rūpaṃ cakṣuṣā dṛṣṭaṃ, śabdastu śravaṇena śruta iti, kathaṃ tayoḥ sādharmyam| yadi rūpābhdinnaḥ śabdastadā rūpasyānityatvācchabdo nityo bhavet|



vaidharmyadūṣaṇam| yatha rūpasyaindriyakatvādanityatā, ātmano'naindriyakatvānnityatā|



ghaṭasyātmanaśca sabhdāvaḥ| sabhdāvasādharmye ghaṭasyānityatvādātmano'pi tathātvāpattiḥ| ghaṭasabhdāva ātmasabhdāvābhdinnastataścātmā nityo ghātastvanitya iti cet| nityatāsādharmyada[pya]ātmanā nityena bhavitavyam|



evaṃ dūṣaṇaṃ viṃśatividhaṃ yathā 1 utkarṣa[sama]m, 2 apakarṣa[sama]m, 3 bhedābheda[sama]m, 4 praśnabāhulyamuttarālpatā, 5 praśnālpatottarabāhulyam, 6 hetusamam, 7 kāryasamam, 8 vyāptisamam, 9 avyāptisamam, 10 kālasamam, 11 prāptisamam, 12 aprāptisamam, 13 viruddham, 14 aviruddham, 15 saṃśaya[sama]m, 16 asaṃśaya[sama]m, 17 pratidṛṣṭānta[sama]m, 18 śrutisamam, 19 śrutibhinnam, 20 anupapatti[sama]ñceti praśnottaradharmā viṃśatidhā|



1. utkarṣa [sam]m| yathā (kaścidvaded), ātmā nitya indriyānupalabdheḥ| ākāśo hyanupalabdhernityaḥ| sarvamanupalabhyaṃ nityameva| ātmāpyanupalabhyaḥ kathaṃ tadanityatāprāptiḥ|



atra dūṣaṇam| ākāśo'cetanatvānnityaḥ| ātmā tu cetanaḥ kathaṃ nityaḥ| ākāśaścetana ityanyāyyam| yadyātmā'cetanastadaivākāśena sadharmā| evaṃ vidvāṃsaḥ so'nitya iti manyante| etadutkarṣa[sama]m|



2. apakarṣa[sama]m| yathākāśo'cetana ātmā tu cetanaḥ| kathamākāśa ātmano dṛṣṭāntaḥ| etadapakarṣa[sama]m|



3. bhedābheda[sama]m| yathātmanityatāsthāpana ākāśa udāharaṇam| [atra dūṣaṇaṃ] ātmā ākāśaścābhinnau iti cedaikadharmyāt kathamākāśasyātmano dṛṣṭāntatā| bhinnau iti cedanyānyasādharmyāprāptiḥ| etaducyate bhedābheda[sama]m|



4. anyacca| ātmā nityo'naindriyakatvāt| yathākāśo'nindriyakatvānnitya iti bhavataḥ sthāpanā|



atha yadanaindriyakaṃ tannāvaśyaṃ nityam| tatkathaṃ siddham| etaducyate praśnabāhulyamuttarālpatā ca|



5. anyacca| ātmā nityonaindriyakatvāditi bhavatsthāpanā| anaindriyakasya dvaividhyam| yathā paramāṇavo'nupalabhyā anityāḥ| ākāśastvindriyānupalabhyo nityaśca| kathaṃ bhavatocyate yadanupalabhyatvānnitya ityucyate praśnālpatottarabāhulyañca|



6. anyacca| anupalabdhihetunātmā nitya iti bhavatā pratijñātam| ākāśaścātmā ca bhinnauḥ kathamubhayoranupalabhyatvaṃ heturbhavet| iti hetusamam|



7. anyacca| yatpañcamahābhūtamayaṃ tadanityam| ākāśa ātmā ca pañcamahābhūtamayau kathaṃ nityāvuktau| iti kāryasamam|



8. anyacca| anupalabhyatvānnitya ākāśa iti bhavataḥ sthāpanā| ākāśaśca sarvavyāpī [tataśca] kiṃ sarvāṇi bastūnyanupalabhyāni| etadyāptisamam|



9. anyacca| paramāṇuravyāpyanaindriyako'pyanityaḥ| ātmā tvanaindriyakaḥ kathaṃ nityaḥ| iti avyāptisamam|



10. anyacca| ātmā nityo'nindriyakatvāditi bhavatsthāpanā| so'yaṃ[hetu]rvartamāne'tīte 'nāgate vā| atīta iti cedatītatvānnaṣṭāḥ| anāgata iti cedabhāvaḥ| vartamāna iti cettadā'hetuḥ| yathā śṛṅge yugapadeva jātatvānnānyonyahetuke| iti kālasamam|



11. anyacca| ātmā nityo'naindriyakatvāditi bhavatsthāpanā| atha prāpyāprāpya vā heturiti| aprāpya cedasiddho hetuḥ| yathāgniraprāpya dahanāsamarthaḥ, asiścāprāpya chedanāsamarthaḥ| ātmānamaprāpya kathaṃ heturbhavet| ityaprāpti[samam]|



12. anyacca| prāpya iti cet, prāpterahetutvam| iti prāptisamam|



13. anyacca| sarvamanityam| na tvātmā sarvaṃ, tato nitya iti bhavatpratijñā ātmā ca tabhdāvādanitya iti vaktavyaḥ, kiñciddagdho hi kambalaḥ prāyeṇādagdhatvādadagdha ityucyate| etadviruddham|



14. anyacca| ātmā'naindriyakatvādākāśatulya iti bhavatsthāpanā| ākāśasyānupalabdhirātmano'pi tathātvam|



ātmana upalabdhiriti cettadākāśo'pi sukhadūḥkhadikamupalabheta| ātmana ākāśasya cābhinnatvāt| etadaviruddham|



15. anyacca| ātmanaḥ sabhdāvavannityatā'niyatā| laukikānāṃ saṃśayasambhavo nityo 'nityo veti| etat saṃśayasamam|



16. anyacca| astyātmā'naindriyakatvāditi bhavadvacanam atha vimarśaḥ kenāvaraṇenānupalabdhiḥ| kāraṇamatra vaktavyam| yadi kāraṇaṃ na vidyata ātmārthasya hāniḥ| ityasaṃśayasamam|



17. anyacca| ātmānaindriyakatrvānnitya iti bhavatā pratijñātam| atha mūlakilodakānyanaindriyakānyapyanityānyātmā tu kathaṃ nityaḥ| iti pratidṛṣṭānta[sama]m|



18. anyacca| sūtreṣu ātmano'nupalabdhiruktā tasmāttasya nityatā jñāteti bhavataḥ [sthāpanā]| (parantu) nāstyātmā nāstyātmīyamityapi sūtreṣūktam| nirgranthadharme cātmānityatoktā| ātmanityatve niyate sati sūtrāṇāṃ vaiṣamyānupapattiḥ| iti śrutisamam|



19. anyacca| yadi bhavatā ekameva sūtramadhigacchatātmā nitya iti manyate| athānyeṣāmapi sūtrāṇāṃ pratīterātmānityo mantavyaḥ| ubhayathā pratītiriti cedekasyaivātmano nityatvānityatvaprasaṅgaḥ| iti śrutibhinnam|



20. anyacca| yadi sabhdāvāditi hetunātmāstīti| atha śālasya sabhdāvāttāla utpadyate| yadyabhāvānnāstīti tadā tālabījeṣu vṛkṣākārābhāvāttadutpattyaprāptiḥ| sabhdāve'nutpattiḥ| abhāve'pyanutpattiḥ| ātmano'pi tathātvam|



yadi kiṃcitsadeva na tadānaindriyakatvaṃ hetutvena prayoktavyam| yadi ca sadeva tadā nānaindriyakatvena tasya sattā sādhyā| ityanutpattisamam|



yadi punaḥ kaścicchabdanityatāṃ sthāpayet, tadaivamvidhairuktapūrvairviśatiṃdharmaistadvadeva dūṣayet|



nanvātmasabhdāvādeva bhavānātmānaṃ dūṣayati| ātmano'bhāve kiṃ bhavatā dūṣaṇīyam| dūṣaṇāddhyasti dūṣayitavyam|



atra dūṣaṇam| yuktito nāsyātmā| bhavatā tu tatsabhdāvasya vikalpānmayā bhavato dūṣaṇaṃ kṛtam| yabhdavatoktaṃ dūṣayitavyabhavādastyātmeti| tato dūṣaṇānnāstyātmeti jñātam| bhavata ātmaparigraha ātmābhāvadyotanarthamiti cettadayuktam| bhavadarthāprayogāt| idānīntu svayaṃ bhavatā mama siddhāntaḥ prayuktaḥ|



nanu kathaṃ bhavatā jñātaṃ yanmayā bhavadarthaḥ parigṛhītaḥ| atra kāraṇaṃ vaktavyamiti cenmayā khalu pūrvamuktaṃ yatsvārthamaparigṛṇhatā bhavatā parasthāpanā parigṛhītā kathamidānīṃ punaridaṃ pṛcchyate| kathaṃ jñātaṃ yabhdavato'rtho maya parigṛhīta iti| yato bhavadvacanaṃ viruddhaṃ tasmānnigrahasthānāpattiḥ|



anyacca| anaindriyakatvātsannevātmeti bhavatā pūrvaṃ pratijñātaṃ paścāttu dharmabāhulyena sādhitam| sthāpitahetoraniyatatvātpratijñāvirodhācca nigrahasthānam| tasmābhdavadarthanāhau yadi punarahaṃ kiṃcibdravīmi, [yanmayā] pūrvamuktaṃ tasmādetanna bhidyate| tadā vacanasya bahudoṣaprasaṅgaḥ| pakṣapratipakṣayoḥ pratipakṣamaryādā pañcame| tadatikramyoktaṃ vacanaṃ doṣaḥ| yadi vidvān gambhīraṃ nyāyaṃ bhāvayatyuktena dṛṣṭāntenārthāvagamasamarthaśca syāttadā tasya vāda evaṃvidhaṃ dharmaṃ nātikrāmati|



vādī prāha| evamukto vadadharmāṇāṃ sāraḥ| eṣa vādasāraḥ sarvavādānāṃ mūlam| etasmādvādātpakṣapratipakṣayoḥ paramotkarṣajñānaṃ jāyate| yathā bīje sukṣetra upte mūlāṅkurāḥ samṛddhāḥ| kukṣetre tūpte phalabhāva eva| etasya dharmasyāpi tathātvam|



yadi vidvān kaścit pramāṇavicārakuśalastadā vādānutpādayati| mūrkhastvalpabuddhiretadvādābhyāsenāpi tadavagamāsamarthastattvato vidvān nocyate| tasmādye ye sañjñānotpattiṃ subhāśubhavivekañcecchanti taistaireva saddharmavāda āśrayitavyaḥ|



||iti caturthaṃ prakaraṇam||



samāptaścāyaṃ granthaḥ|