A Cluster of Nyāya Flowers 2.4.123
Nyāyamañjarī 2.4.123
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2.4.123
nanu ! nāyaṃ guṇaviniyogaḥ sādhīyān . pṛthivyāścaturguṇatve pārthivena ghrāṇendriyeṇa caturṇāmapi tadguṇānāṃ grahaṇaṃ syāt . evamuttareṣvapi vaktavyam . tasmādekaikaguṇatvameva bhūtānāmucyatām—naitadevam—na hi guṇāḥ svecchayā labhyante . kintu yathopalabhyante, tathā vyavasthāpyante . pratītipramāṇakā hi vayam . tatra—pārthive dravye caturṇāmapi guṇānāṃ upalaṃbhāt kathamekaguṇāṃ pṛthivīṃ brūmaḥ . rūpaikaguṇe ca tejasi, pṛthivyudakayoḥ vāyuvadarūpatvādapratyakṣatvaṃ syāt . tasmāt trīṇi rūpavanti dravyāṇi ..