A Cluster of Nyāya Flowers 2.2.141

2.2.141

yattu—kevalaṃ padaṃ na prayujyata iti tadasatyamiti—tadapyasat—mahāvākyasthāne avāntaravākyaṃ na prayujyata iti tadapyasatyaṃ syāt . svārthe tatprayujyata iti cet—padamapi svārthe kvacit prayujyata eva; yatra padā ntarāṇāmartho'rthaprakaraṇādinā labhyate, tatra yāvadaprāptaṃ tāvatpadameva kevalaṃ uccārayanti . granthagrahaṇāvasareṣu ca svarūpāvadhāraṇamapi phalavadvarṇānām . mā vā phalavattvaṃ padavarṇānāṃ bhūt—tathāpi rathāvayavānāmiva rathakāryeṣvaparyāptaśaktīnāmapi svarūpasattvamanivāryam . kāryāntarāya rathāt rathāvayavāḥ prabhavantīti cet—padavarṇā api kāryāntare prabhaviṣyanti . ratha kāryaikadeśamātrāṃ kāmapi rathāvayavāḥ kurvantīti yadyucyeta—padānyapi— vākyakāryaikadeśaṃ kamapi kurvantyeva . varṇā api kecidarthavanto bhavantyeva . tasmānnāsantaḥ padavarṇāḥ ..