A Cluster of Nyāya Flowers 1.16.1

1.16.1

śāstrameva svargāpavargapratipādakam iha prekṣāpūrvakāriṇaḥ puruṣārthasampadamabhivāñchantastatsādhanādhigamopāyamantareṇa tadavāptimamanyamānāstadupāyopāyagamanimittameva prathamamanveṣante | dṛṣṭādṛṣṭabhedena ca tadvividhaḥ puruṣārthasya panthāḥ | tasya dṛṣṭe viṣaye ruciḥ prarūḍhavṛddhavyavahārasiddhānvayavyatirekādhigatasādhanabhāve bhojanādāvanapekṣitaśāstrasyaiva bhavati pravṛttiḥ 'na hi malinaḥ snāyāt', 'bubhukṣito vā'śnīyāt' iti śāstramupayujyate | adṛṣṭe tu svargāpavargamātre naisargikamohāndhatamasaviluptālokasya lokasya śāstrameva prakāśaḥ| tadeva sakalaṃsadupāyadarśane divyaṃ cakṣurasmadādenaṃ yogināmiva yogasamādhijajñānādyupāyāntaramapīti | tasmādasmadādeḥ śāstramevādhigantavyam |