A Cluster of Nyāya Flowers 1.1.32

1.1.32

kathamiti . catasra iti khalu vaktavyamityarthaḥ . dṛṣṭaikaprayojanatveneti . lokasya jīvanahetupratipādikā hi vārtā, vārtā tu jīvanam iti mīmāṃsāśāstreṇa nedaṃ śāstraṃ caritārtham nanu vedaprāmāṇyanirṇayaprayojanaścennyāyavistaraḥ kṛtamanena, mīmāṃsāta eva tatsiddheḥ . tatra hyarthavicāravat prāmāṇyavicāro'pi kṛta eva—satyam—satvānuṣaṅgikaḥ . tatra mukhyastvarthavicāra eva . pṛthak prasthānā hīmā vidyāḥ . sā ca vākyārthavidyā, na pramāṇavidyeti . na ca mīmāṃsakāḥ samyak vedaprāmāṇyarakṣaṇakṣamāṃ saraṇimavalokayituṃ kuśalāḥ . kutarkakaṇṭakanikaraniruddhasañcāramārgābhāsaparibhrāntāḥ khalu te iti vakṣyāmaḥ . na hi pramāṇāntarasaṃvādadārḍhyamantareṇa pratyakṣādīnyapi pramāṇabhāvaṃ bhajante, kimuta tadadhīnavṛttireṣa śabdaḥ ? śabdasya hi samayopakṛtasya bodhakatvamātraṃ svādhīnaṃ, arthatathātvetaratvapariniścaye tu puruṣamukhaprekṣitvamasyāparihāryam . kāmandakokteḥ . tadvighnanivāraṇārthā ca daṇḍanītiḥ . evañcānayoḥ dṛṣṭārthatvaṃ spaṣṭam . vidyāsthānāni tu sarvapuruṣārthasādhanopadeśīni iti bhāvaḥ ..