Nyayasutra 4.3

4.3

sa jalpaḥ [pratipakṣa]sthāpanāhīno dvitīyapakṣasthāpanābhidhānahīnaḥ san vitaṇḍā bhavati | na ca jalpo vitaṇḍeti vyāhatam | satyamanena pakṣapratipakṣasthāpanāvadvijigīṣūvacanasandarbhasya parāmarśāt | tathā ca pratipakṣasthāpanā hīnā vijigīṣukathā vitaṇḍeti lakṣaṇam | taḍitatsaṃvāha nane [tar̤i tār̤ane ?] itidhātvanusāradapīdameva lakṣaṇam |
nanvantataḥ satpratipakṣaviṣaye'pi dvitīyasādhanapraveśāt pratipakṣasthāpanāhīnatvaṃ sambhavatīti cet, na tasya dūṣaṇaparatayā sthāpanātvābhāvāt |
nanu parapakṣaghātamātreṇa na svasamīhitasiddhiriti nedṛśakathāsaṃbhava iti vācyam | ekasya svapratyavekṣāśakteraparasya parāghātaśakteḥ stheyādibhiḥ paricitkṣitatvāt | tasyāścaivameva nirvāhāditi |
nanu chalāderiva hetvābhāsānāmapi paravākyodbhāvyatvasvavākyaparivarjyatvāviśeṣāt kutaḥ saduttaratvam ? hetvābhāsatvasyārtha-° dharmatvenottarādharmatvācchalādīnāṃ tu śabdadharmatvāditi |
yadvā hetvābhāsānāṃ paravākye sambhavāttattvam | chale tūdbhāvitadoṣasya tatrāsattvādtattvam | tatrākṣiptasāmānyalakṣaṇaṃ vibhāgoddeśasūtram-