Sarvadarshanasangraha 16.38
Sarvadarśanasaṅgraha 16.38
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16.38
ahaṃpadādhigamyād anyad ātmatattvaṃ nāstīti na vaktavyam/ nirastasamastopādhikasyātmatattvasya śrutyādiṣu prasiddhatvāt/ na ca teṣām upacaritārthatā/ upakramopasaṃhārādiṣaḍvidhatātparyaliṅgavattayā tattvaṃ bodhayatām upacaritārthatvānupapatteḥ/ liṅgaṣaṭkaṃ ca pūrvācāryair darśitam:
One should not say that there is no true nature of the self other than what is cognized through the word 'I,' because the true nature of the self stripped of all extrinsic conditions is well known in the śruti and other texts. Nor do they have a figurative sense; for it is impossible for [texts] that convey reality through having the sixfold marks of textual intention, such as the introductory and concluding statements, to have a figurative sense. And the six marks have been shown by former teachers:
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