A Cluster of Nyāya Flowers 70.p71

70.p71

pratijñāsiddhaye vādinā sādhane'bhihite tatra prativādinā ca dūṣaṇe udbhāvite, tṛtīye vacasi tu vartamāno vādī yadi pratidṛṣṭāntadharmaṃ svadṛṣṭānte'nujānāti tadasya pratijñā hīyata iti pratijñāhānirnigrahasthānaṃ bhavati | tad yathā anityaḥ śabdaḥ aindriyakatvād ghaṭavadityukte para āha sāmānyamaindriyakamapi nityaṃ dṛṣṭamityanaikāntiko heturiti, tatra sādhanavādyāha sāmānyamaindriyakamapi nityaṃ dṛṣṭamityanaikāntiko heturiti, tatra sādhanavādyāha sāmānyamaindriyakaṃ nityaṃ tarhi tathaiva ghaṭo'pi nityo'stviti | ayamasya evaṃ vadato bhramaḥ kila nityānityapakṣavṛttiranaikāntikatāmeṣa vijahyāditi | tadevamasya bruvataḥ pratijñāhānirbhavati | ghaṭasya hi nityatve taddṛṣṭāntabalādeva śabdo'pi nityaḥ syāditi |