A Cluster of Nyāya Flowers 5.10.18

5.10.18

kāni punarāgamāntarāṇi cetasi nidhāyaivaṃ vatsaḥ pṛcchati ? purāṇetihāsadharmaśāstrāṇi vā, śaivapāśupatapañcarātrabauddhārhataprabhṛtīni vā | tatra śaivādīni tāvannirūpayiṣyāma | manvādipraṇītāni dharmaśāstrāṇi vedavattadarthānupraviṣṭaviśiṣṭakarmopadeśīni pramāṇameva | kasteṣu vicāraḥ ? teṣāntu pramāṇatvaṃ vedamūlatvenaiva kecidācakṣate | tathā hi na tāvanmanvādideśanā bhrāntimūlāḥ sambhāvyante, bādhakābhāvāt, adyāvadaparamlānādarairvedavidbhistadarthānuṣṭhānāt | nāpyanubhavamūlāḥ pratyakṣasya trikālānāvacchinnakāryyarūpadharmaparicchedadaśāsāmarthyāsambhavāt | na ca puruṣāntaropadeśamūlāḥ puruṣāntarasyāpi tadavagame pramāṇābhāvāt | bhāve vā manunā kimaparāddham ? asati hi mūlapramāṇe puruṣavacanaparamparāyāmeva kalpyamānāyāmandhaparamparāsmaraṇatulyatvaṃ durnivāram | na ca vipralambhakā atrabhavanto manvādaya evamupadiśe- bhrānteranubhavādveti | ebhyaḥ sakāśānmūlatvenāśrīyamāṇā codanaiva laghīyasī kalpanārahitā | dṛṣṭānuguṇyasāmarthyādityatra dṛṣṭānuguṇyasādhyatvāditi pāṭhāntaramanye vadanti, vyācakṣate ca dṛṣṭānuguṇaṃ sādhyaṃ yasyāḥ sā dṛṣṭānuguṇyasādhyā tadbhāvastattvam | yadetad dṛṣṭaṃ vedavidanuṣṭhānaṃ tadānuguṇyaṃ codanāmūlatve sati sādhyaṃ bhavati siddhyatītyarthaḥ |