A Cluster of Nyāya Flowers 68.p28

68.p28

avayavalakṣaṇe sādhyanirdeśastvaniyamita iti | tamapahāyāpi bhavedityativyāpakaṃ lakṣaṇamiti | evaṃ hi sati yaḥ sādhyanirdeśaḥ sā pratijñeti na syāt, apratijñārūpasyāpi sādhyanirdeśasya sambhavāt | yathaiṣa panthāḥ srughnaṃ gacchatīti | nanvatrāpi vākye gacchatyeveti avadhāraṇamastyeva | naitadevam | avadhāraṇaṃ hi viśeṣaṇena samānaviṣayam | 20 na ca 'eṣa panthāḥ srughnaṃ gacchati' iti atra viśeṣaṇaṃ saphalam | tasya hīṣṭāniṣṭasaṃdehe'niṣṭavyavacchedaḥ phalam | yathā ca viśeṣaṇasyeṣṭāniṣṭaprasaktau 'nīlamevotpalaṃ nānīlam' ityaniṣṭavyavacchedaḥ prayojanaṃ tathāvadhāraṇasya | na cotpalasyeva nīlānīlatvaṃ gamanasya dvairūpyamasti yena gacchatyevetyanena rūpāntarasya vyavacchedaḥ kriyeta | na hi tatraiṣa eveti | eṣa eveti niyamo mārgāntarāṇāmapi srughnagāmināṃ sambhavād vaktuṃ na pāryate | srughnameveti 25 veti | na cāsau niyamena srughnameva gacchati, srughnāt parato'vasthitānāmapi nagarāntaragrāmāntarāṇāṃ tena mārgeṇa prāpyatvāt |