[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana) › [Logic and epistemology](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya) › [Nyāyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra) › [Nyayasutroddhara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra!vacaspati-misra) › 12.32 # Nyayasutra 12.32 Nyāyasūtroddhāra 12.32 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [12.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra!vacaspati-misra.12.32) asiddherityanantarasvīkāra iti pūraṇīyam | nityasādharmyāt sattvādityatvasyāsiddheḥ svīkāre pratiṣedhasyāpi bhavaducyamānasya siddhiḥ syāt | kutaḥ ? pratiṣedhyasādharmyāt pratiṣedhyena sthāpyena sādharmyāt | astyeva hi matasthāpyena tava pratiṣedhyena pratiṣedhasya tvad vacanasya pratijñāyavayavayogyatvaṃ sādharmyamiti | atha sādharmyamātraṃ na sādhakaṃ kintu sādharmyaviśeṣo niyataṃ sādharmyaṃ tanmatapratiṣedhe nāstīti brūṣe, tadā sattvamapi na niyataṃ nityattveneti na nityatva siddhirapīti pratyūhenānityatvaniyatena kāryatvena nityatvameva setsyatītyarthaḥ | yadvā kṛtakatvamanityatvāsādhakaṃ dṛṣṭāntasamānadharmatvāt sattva vaditi tadvākyārthaḥ | tathā ca sādharmyādasiddheḥ samānadharmatvāda nityatvādanityatvāsiddherasiddherabhyupagame pratiṣedhasyāpi tvadvacanasyāpyasiddhirasādhakatā | kasmāt ? pratiṣedhyasādharmyāt pratiṣedhyenaiva sādharmyāt samānadharmātmakatvāt | maduktasādharmyasya kāryatvasya yathā sādhakatvaṃ tathā'sattvasyāpi samānadharmatvāviśeṣāt | pratiṣedhyaṃ ca tat sādharmyaṃ ceti karmadhārayo vā | tathā ca yathā mattāsādharmyaṃ tvayā asādhakamucyate tathā tvaduktaṃ mayāpītyartha ityāhuḥ | atra sāmānyamātramuktaṃ bhavati na tu svavyāghātaka iti nāyamarthaḥ | evaṃ jātivādinau vyāghātamuktvā svapakṣasādhanāya paramārthadoṣamāha- - [Previous: 12.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra!vacaspati-misra.12.31) - [Next: 12.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra!vacaspati-misra.12.33) - [Up: 12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra!vacaspati-misra.12) ## Linked texts (1) - [Nyāyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra.5.1.33) — Akṣapāda Gautama, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra!vacaspati-misra.12.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra!vacaspati-misra.12.32) · Pramāṇa