A Cluster of Nyāya Flowers 2.20.1

2.20.1

atrācāryāstāvaditi | vakṣyamāṇavyākhyātumatāpekṣayā tāvacchabdaprayogaḥ | iha ca sarvatrācāryaśabdena udyotakaravivṛtikṛto rucikāraprabhṛtayo vivakṣitāḥ, vyākhyātṛ- 25 sukhasādhanatvaniścayo bhaviṣyatītyāśaṅkayāha na ca dhūmaliṅgānumitavahnijñānāntaramiti | kimanena śikhaṇḍineti | akiñcitkaratvaṃ parāmarśasyāha | yathā bhīṣmavadhaḥ kirīṭinaiva sampādito madhye tvakiñcitkaraḥ śikhaṇḍī kṛta iti | punaḥ sambandhagrahaṇāpekṣaṇādanavastheti | tajjātīyatvasya liṅgasya te| saha gṛhītasambandhasya tadgamakatvam | na ca sukhasādhanatvasyānyathāgrahaṇaṃ sambhavatīti punastasmādeva liṅgāt tadavagame tāvatsambandhagrahaṇāpekṣittvaṃ yāvajjātamātrasya sukhahetutvāvagamaḥ | tatrāpi janmāntare liṅgaliṅginoravinābhāvagrahaṇe jātamātrasyāpi tasmādeva liṅgādavagatiḥ, janmāntare'pyevamevetyanavasthā | na khalvatīndriyā śaktiriti | nanu yadyatīndriyā nābhyupagamyate śaktiḥ kathaṃ tarhyadṛṣṭasya śaktitvamiti | tatrāha na dharmādeḥ śaktitvādatīndriyatvamiti |