A Cluster of Nyāya Flowers 1.2.98

1.2.98

svaprakāśatvasyaiva nirvacanaṃ—grāhyagrahaṇobhayasvabhāvatvāditi . viṣayāṇāṃ ghaṭādīnāṃ jñānenaiva bhānam . jñānasya tu svata eva . ataḥ jñānaṃ sukhādayaḥ jñānenaiva gṛhyante nanu ! asya prakāśatvānabhyupagame sukhāderutpādānutpādayoraviśeṣāt sarvadā sukhitvaṃ, na kadācidvā syāt—iti— naitadevam—utpannameva sapadi sukhaṃ gṛhyate jñāneneti kathamanutpannānna viśiṣyate . pratyuta svaprakāśasukhavādināmeṣa doṣaḥ, svaprakāśasukhotpādāt tenaiva svaprakāśena sukhenānyo'pi sukhī syāt, svaprakāśasya dīpādeḥ sarvān pratyaviśiṣṭatvāt . kvacit santāne svaprakāśasukhotpādāt tenaiva svaprakāśena anyo'pi sukhī syāt, yasyāpi sukhaṃ notpannamiti .. kiñca kimekaṃ eva jñānaṃ sarvasukhaduḥkhādyaśeṣākārabhūṣitamiṣyate ? uta kiñcitsukhātmakaṃ, kiñcidduḥkhātmakamiti ? ādye pakṣe, sarvākārakhacitajñānopajananādekasminneva kṣaṇe parasparaviruddhasukhaduḥkhādidharmaprabandhasaṃvedanaprasaṅgaḥ .. uttarasmiṃstu, kiñcitsukhajñānaṃ, kiñcidduḥkhajñānamiti yatkiñcidasukhaduḥkhakhacitaṃ viṣayānubhavasvabhāvamapi jñānamanubhūyamānameṣitavya- viṣayamiva ātmānamapi viṣayīkaroti . idameva svaprakāśatvam . utpannaṃ hi sukhaṃ svayaṃ gṛhyata eva ..