A Cluster of Nyāya Flowers 4.25.3

4.25.3

evaṃ mīmāṃsakadṛṣṭyā svataḥ prāmāṇyaṃ pratipādya vedasya tadaprāmāṇye dharmakīrteḥ | ślokadvayam girāṃ mithyātvahetūnāṃ doṣāṇāṃ puruṣāśrayāt | apauruṣeyaṃ satyārthamiti kecit pracakṣate || ityekaṃ mīmāṃsakamatānuvādatayā vyavasthitamaparañca tatpratiṣedhāya girāṃ satyatvahetūnāṃ guṇānāṃ puruṣāśrayāt | apauruṣeyaṃ mithyārthaṃ kinnetyanye pracakṣate || iti vyatyayeneti tadidānīṃ yathā paṭhituṃ yujyate tathā paṭhitumāha girāṃ mithyātvahetūnāmityādinā | yadi tāvat spaṣṭateti | satyarajatavadarthāntaravivekena yatrārthaḥ pratibhāsate sa spaṣṭaḥ | samanantarameva viruddhajñānāntarānapasāryamāṇasvabhāvo niṣkampaḥ | anāśvāsasthānaṃ yo na bhavati saṃbhāvyamānārthatvāt sa nirvicikitsaḥ | abhiśāpaparamparā 'saṃśayātmā vinaśyati' ityādikā | pūrvapratyayāpekṣeti | vyabhicāritā hi jñānasya doṣahetukā, te ca sannikarṣaviprakarṣāpekṣāḥ kāraṇaṃ mithyādhiyaḥ | tatra yadā viprakarṣād doṣebhyaḥ mithyādhīstadāsau sannikarṣātnivarttate, marīciṣviva dūrājjātā jaladhīḥ sannikarṣāttu marīcidhīreva; yatra punaḥ sannikarṣaviprakarṣayorapi tathātvaṃ tatra samyaktvameva | itīyaṃ sā pūrvapratyayāpekṣottarā saṃvit | saṃśayo hi sādharmyanibandhano jñāne viśeṣadarśanānnivarttate sthāṇāviva karapādādiviśeṣa-