Pramanavarttika 1.1.4.3.1.21

1.1.4.3.1.21

nanu dehāśritā buddhirupalabhyate dehakāryā mātāpitṛdehāśrayaṇadarśanāt . tathā hi . tad‌rūpācāracetaḥpāṭavādayo mātāpitranvayino janyaśarīramahābhūtāśrayā taccitrādaya iva (.) citrakararūpavijñānādyanvayinaḥ kuḍayāśritāścitrakarakāryarūpāḥ(.) tato na citraṃ kuḍayavirahita mavatiṣṭhate kuḍyāntaraṃ vā saṃkrāmatyāgataṃ vā kuṃḍyāntarāt . āmraphalādipākajarūpavad vā . kāryaṃ vā dhūmo na dhūmadhvajāntarādāgacchati (.) nāpi dhūmadhvajāntaraṃ prayāti . madaśaktistu madyāśritā kaṣāyādirasasaṃparkādapūrvvā prādurbhavati . vilīyamānā na madyāntaramavalambate . tathendriyacetanāviśeṣāḥ . tathā cāha . pṛthivyāpastejovāyuriti tattvāni . pṛthivyādīnyeva tattvāni tattvānyeva pṛthivyādīni . nākāśādīni na kṣaṇikatvādīni . tathā tattvānyeva na vijñānamātraṃ nāpi sakalameva śūnyaṃ . sarvvatra pramāṇābhāvāt . tatsamudāye viṣayendriya (śarīra) saṃjñā . mahābhūtānāmevāparimitaḥ pariṇativiśeṣa (saṃbhūta) samudāyaḥ śarādivyapade śaviṣayaḥ (.) tebhyaḥ śarīrendriyaviṣayebhyaścaitanyaṃ . yathā kiṇvādibhyo madaśaktiḥ (.) tasmānmadaśaktivad vijñānaṃ . na paralokādāgacchat pratisandhimat . madaśaktivaditi copalakṣaṇaṃ citravad dhūmavaditi ca . na khalvete sañcāriṇo dṛṣṭāḥ .

[Cārvāka:] But the intellect is observed to depend on the body, being an effect of the body, because it is seen to depend on the parents' bodies. To explain: their form, conduct, mental acuity, and so on, following upon the parents, depend on the great elements of the produced body, just like paintings and so forth. Paintings, following upon the painter's form, consciousness, and so on, and depending on a wall, are of the nature of the painter's effects. Therefore, a painting does not exist without a wall, nor does it transmigrate to another wall or arrive from another wall. Or, it is like the color produced by cooking in a mango fruit and the like. Or, an effect such as smoke does not come from another fire, nor does it go to another fire. The intoxicating power, however, depending on liquor, arises anew through the combination of astringent and other juices. While dissolving, it does not rely on another liquor. Likewise are the specific conscious states of the senses. And thus it is said: 'Earth, water, fire, and wind are the principles.' The principles are earth and the others alone; earth and the others alone are the principles. There is no space and the like, nor momentariness and the like. Likewise, there are principles alone; there is not mere consciousness, nor is everything void, because there is no means of valid cognition for any of that. 'Object', 'sense faculty', and 'body' are designations for their aggregation. The range of the designation 'body' and so forth is an aggregation resulting from an immeasurable particular transformation of the great elements themselves. Consciousness arises from these bodies, senses, and objects, just as the intoxicating power arises from fermenting yeast and the like. Therefore, like the intoxicating power, consciousness does not come from another world possessing rebirth. And the phrase 'like the intoxicating power' is illustrative, as are 'like a painting' and 'like smoke'. For these are not observed to be migratory.