A Cluster of Nyāya Flowers 57.20.4

57.20.4

parityāgāt | yena hi jñānakṣaṇena kṛtaṃ karma tasya vināśe'pi kāryakāraṇabhāvena jñānapravāhasya santānarūpasyābhyupagamena janmāntaropapattilakṣaṇasya paralokasiddhirupapāditā; saivaṃ truṭyati | santānasya hyātmakalpasyāvicchede janmāntarasambhava ātmana iva ātmavādinā na punastadvināśe | yathaikasmin śarīre kāryakāraṇabhāvenāvasthānavaśād bhinnānāmapi kṣaṇānāmabhedenādhyavasānaṃ kṣaṇāntarakṛtasya ca karmaṇaḥ kṣaṇāntaropabhoge'pi nānyena bhuktamiti pratyayaḥ, na ca santānāntareṇa tatphalopabhogaḥ, tadvat santānānāśe janmāntarabhāvikakṣaṇeṣvapi bhavati, nānyatheti bhāvaḥ | nirvikalpajñānaṃ veti | tad vastusākṣātkāri, savikalpakaṃ na tathā | tathā pratibandhasmṛtirapi, smṛtervastusaṃsparśābhāvāt | santānabhūyastvāditi | rasajñānarūpajñānasmaraṇādisantānānāṃ bhedābhyupagamapakṣe | rūpamapi jñānopādānakāraṇatvaṃ pratipadyate tadākārasyotpādād jñānasya | idaṃ pratītyeti | idaṃ pratītya jñātvā samanantaramevedaṃ pratīyata ityetāvanmātraṃ pūrvottarabhāvitvaṃ kāryakāraṇatvahetuḥ, na punarvyāpārāt kāraṇatvamiti | idaṃ pūrṇamidamuttaramityenaṃrūpa idaṃpratyayo yayoḥ kāryakāraṇayostāvidaṃpratyayau, tayorbhāva idaṃpratyayatā | tathāpi labdhātmana iti | na hyanutpannasya pratītiḥ sambhavati | sarvasya sukhaduḥkhādi yat aho mahān pramāda iti | anena 'yadi nityo'pi kadācit syāt tat kasya kṣatiḥ' ityāha | punaranenaivābhiprāyeṇa sotprāsamutsannāḥ prajā ityādi |