A Cluster of Nyāya Flowers 2.7.177

2.7.177

kathaṃ punarasyāprayojakatvamavagatam—ucyate—mūrtatvaṃ hi sarvagatetaradravyaparimāṇaviśeṣādidharmaḥ vastusvabhāvamātranibandhanaḥ na kṛtakatvādi vadanityatāṃ prayoktumutsahate . tathā hi paramāṇuṣu siddheṣu satsu tatra varta mānaṃ mūrtatvaṃ anityatāṃ sādhayet, anyathātvāśrayāsiddhatāmupeyāt . sidhyanta eva ca sāvayavakāryānumānamārgeṇa, loṣṭapravibhaṃgāvabhāsamāna bhāgaparamparāparikalpanakrameṇa vā paramāṇavo niravayavāḥ siddhyanti . sāvayavatve hi tadavayavāḥ paramāṇavo bhaveyu, na te . teṣāmapyavayavāntaraparikalpanāyāmapi avayavānāmānantyāviśeṣat sarṣapasya merośca sāmyamāpadyate . na ca tadasti . tadevaṃ niravayaveṣu paramāṇuṣu nisargasiddhamanāśritatvam . ataśca āśrayavināśāvayavavibhāgādivināśakāraṇābhāvāt, svābhāvikavināśavādanirākaraṇācca kathaṃ paramāṇūnanityatā spṛśet . mūrtatvaṃ tu vastudharmatvādbhavadapi prameyatvāt na prayojakam ..