[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana) › [General works and doxographies](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all) › [Sarvadarshanasangraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.sarvadarsanasangraha) › 1.37 # Sarvadarshanasangraha 1.37 Sarvadarśanasaṅgraha 1.37 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.sarvadarsanasangraha.1.37) syād etat/ syād eṣa manoratho yady anumānādeḥ prāmāṇyaṃ na syāt/ asti ca prāmāṇyam/ katham anyathā dhūmopalambhānantaraṃ dhūmadhvaje prekṣāvatāṃ pravṛttir upapadyeta/ nadyās tīre phalāni santīti vacanaśravaṇasamanantaraṃ phalārthināṃ nadītīre pravṛttir iti/ > "Be it so," says the opponent; "your wish would be gained if inference, &c., had no force of proof; but then they have this force; else, if they had not, then how, on perceiving smoke, should the thoughts of the intelligent immediately proceed to fire; or why, on hearing another say, 'There are fruits on the bank of the river,' do those who desire fruit proceed at once to the shore?" > — Edward Byles Cowell & Archibald Edward Gough 1882, The Sarva-darśana-saṃgraha, or Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy - [Previous: 1.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.sarvadarsanasangraha.1.36) - [Next: 1.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.sarvadarsanasangraha.1.38) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.sarvadarsanasangraha.1) ## Translations (2) - [The Sarva-darśana-saṃgraha, or Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.sarvadarsanasangraha~en-cowell.1.p13) — Edward Byles Cowell & Archibald Edward Gough 1882, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.sarvadarsanasangraha~en-mt.1.37) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.sarvadarsanasangraha.1.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.sarvadarsanasangraha.1.37) · Pramāṇa