A Cluster of Nyāya Flowers 69.p13

69.p13

na hi tābhyāṃ nirṇayaḥ, tayoranyataraviṣayo hi bhavati na tatkaraṇaka eveti, satyam, iha tu pakṣapratipakṣaśabdābhyāṃ tadviṣayau sādhanatadupālambhau lakṣyete, tau ca tasmin karaṇameva | kimarthaṃ punarlakṣaṇā āśrīyate sādhanopalambhābhyāmeveti kathaṃ na sūtritam ? evamabhidhīyamāne punastayorviṣayo mṛgyaḥ, lakṣaṇāprayoge tu so'pyavagato bhavet, mukhyamabhidhāya taditaro lakṣyate | bhavatvevam, dvābhyāṃ kathaṃ tu nirṇayaḥ, ekameva hi sādhanaṃ nirṇayāya kalpate ? evametat, na dvitīyamapi sādhanaṃ nirṇayanimittamācakṣmahe, kintu tadupālambhaṃ sādhanañca sādhanopālambhaśca sādhanopālambhau tābhyāṃ nirṇayaḥ |