A Cluster of Nyāya Flowers 5.10.20

5.10.20

bṛhadrathantaravidhyoriva 'bṛhatpṛṣṭhaṃ bhavati' 'rathantaraṃ pṛṣṭhaṃ bhavati' ityanayoḥ | vedamūlatvavādibhirapi kaiścidvikalpo vyākhyāta eveti | ayaṃ teṣāmāśayaḥ kila bharvādbhiḥ pratyakṣayā śrutyānumānikī śrutirbādhyata ityabhidhīyate | tatra brūmaḥ sā śrutirmanvādīnāṃ pratyakṣā apratyakṣā vā ? na tāvadapratyakṣā, manvādīnāmāptatvahāneḥ evañcātivirodhe'pyaprāmāṇyaprasaktiḥ | atha pratyakṣā, tadānīmidānīntanapratyakṣatvaṃ kvopayujyate teṣāṃ; pratyakṣatvena tasyāḥ prāmāṇyasiddheḥ prāmāṇyañced bṛhadrathantaraśrutyoriva virodhe vikalpaḥ kena vāryata ityādi | viṣayavibhāgena vā vikalpo vyākhyāsyata iti yathā prājāpatyāntu kṛtveṣṭi sarvavedasadakṣiṇām | ātmanyagnīn samāropya brāhmaṇaḥ pravrajed gṛhāt || iti saptamādye prābhākaraṭīkātātparyam | [ 1nanu yathākāryamupadeśa iti ayamāpatat satramityanena saha virodhe viṣayavibhāgo darśitaḥ | yaḥ paripakvakaṣāyaḥ vigatā..... rūpānnodakāt prāptiḥ sā hi