Nyayasutra 3.27

3.27

sarvasmin tantre śāstre'viruddho vādibhyāma̍nirṇiddhastantre vicāre'dhikṛta upayogī artho'rthyamāṇo'bhyupetaḥ sarvatantrasiddhāntaḥ | abhyupagamapradhānaścāyaṃ nirdeśaḥ | tena vādiprativādyanyatarānabhyupagamāviṣayakakathānukūlatadanyatarābhyupagamaḥ sarvatantrasiddhāntaḥ | yathā pramāṇādhīnaṃ prameyajñānam, pratipannaḥ pratipādyitetyādi | dṛṣṭāntastu vādibhyāmevābhyupagato'yantu anyairapīti tato'sya bhedaḥ | atra viṣayāntaṃ pratitantrādivyavacchedāma | evamapi śyāmā eva śālayo mahyaṃ rocante ityādyabhyupagame'tivyāptivāraṇāya kathānukūleti | tādṛśāścābhyupagamāḥ svaparaśāstritayaiveti ta evātra lakṣyāḥ | mokṣopayogivicārāārambhakatvāt | sāmānyalakṣaṇe'pyabhyupagamapadamīdṛśābhyupagamaparameva boddhavyam |
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uddeśakramasaṅgatyā pratitantralakṣaṇāya sūtram—