A Cluster of Nyāya Flowers 1.3.127

1.3.127

śabdasya vastuni pramāṇatvaṃ—ityanvayaḥ . athavā, ityatra vastuni— ityasmin viṣaye . prāmāṇyamiti . sarvavijñānaviṣayaṃ idaṃ tāvatparīkṣyatām . prāmāṇyavicāraprasaṅgasamarthanam—tatra pakṣabhedāśca nanu ! śabdaprāmāṇyacintāvasare sakalapramāṇaprāmāṇyavicārasya kaḥ prasaṅgaḥ ? na svātantryeṇa parīkṣaṇam, apitu tadarthameva, samānamārgatvāt . yathā'nyeṣāṃ svataḥ parato vā prāmāṇyaṃ, tathā śabdasyāpi bhaviṣyatīti . na hi tasya svarūpamiva prāmāṇyamapi tadvisadṛśamiti .. taducyate—kiṃ vijñānānāṃ prāmāṇyaprāmāṇyaṃ ceti dvayamapi svataḥ ? uta tadubhayamapi parataḥ ? āhosvidaprāmāṇyaṃ svataḥ, prāmāṇyaṃ tu parataḥ ? uta svit prāmāṇyaṃ svataḥ, aprāmāṇyaṃ tu parataḥ ? iti .. tatra sāṃkhyamatadūṣaṇam tatra dvayamapi svata iti tāvadasāṃpratam, pravṛttasya visaṃvādadarśanāt . yadi hi prāmāṇyamitaradvā svata eva jñānasya gamyeta, tarhi śuktau rajatajñānaṃ pramāṇatayā vā pratipannam ? anyathā vā ? pramāṇatvāpramāṇatve svataḥ kiṃ parato'thavā ? iti ślo. vā-coda-33 bhaṭṭavākyaṃ atra smaraṇīyam ..