Nyaya Ratnamala of Parthasarathi Misra 4.2.p5

4.2.p5

yo bhāvo yena yādṛśena yāvaddeśakālavartinā yathā yena prakāreṇa saṃyogasamavāyaikārthasamavāyakāryakāraṇabhāvādinā kenāpi saṃbandhena sākṣātparamparayā vā niyatatvena dṛṣṭāntadharmiṣvavadhāritaḥ sa tādṛśo dharmyantareṣūpalabhyamānastādṛśaṃ taddeśakālavartinaṃ tathāvidhasambandhinamanumāpayati| tadyathā| dhūmonabhovṛttirūrdhvaṃ gacchannātidūravartinā vahninā niyatastathaiva taṃ gamayati| nadīpūrastvadhunātano'dhodeśagataścātidūravartinīṃ vṛttāṃ vṛṣṭim| udayastu candragataḥ samudragatāṃ tatkālāṃ vṛddhim| tasyaiva nabhomadhyasthitistāmevārdhapañcadaśanāhaḍikātikrāntām| tādṛśyaiva tayā tasyā niyatatvāt| evamanyatrāpyūhanīyam| niyama eva vārtike vyāptiśabdenocyate||

Whatever entity has been determined in exemplary instances as restricted by whatever [other entity], of whatever kind, existing in whatever place and time, in whatever manner, by whatever relation—whether conjunction, inherence, inherence in a common object, causality, or any other, directly or indirectly—that entity, when perceived in other subjects, being of such a nature, leads to the inference of a related entity of such a kind, existing in that place and time, and having such a relation. For example: smoke existing in the sky and rising upward, being restricted by fire that is not situated too far away, makes that [fire] known in just that manner. A river flood, on the other hand, which is present now and located in a lower region, makes known rain that occurred far away. The rising of the moon makes known the swelling in the ocean at that same time. Its position in the middle of the sky makes known that same [swelling] after seven and a half nāḍikās have elapsed, because it is restricted by that [state] as having just that nature. One should infer likewise in other cases as well. It is restriction alone that is designated by the word 'pervasion' in the sub-commentary verse: