Commentary on the Nyāyasūtra 11.p26

11.p26

itivat prārabdhaparisamāptikāmo devatāṃ namaskuryāditi śrutirasti, yena vyabhicore'pi karmakartṛsādhanavaiguṇyaṃ kalpayāmaḥ| tasmāda rthakāma iha vaṭe prativasantaṃ yakṣaṃ pūjayeditiva daprāmāṇikaprasiddhivijṛmbhitametadityabhisandhāya kimu na kṛto vāttikakṛtā iṣṭadevatānamaskāra ityata āha--avigīteti| pratyakṣamivāvigītaśiṣṭācāro'pi śrutisadbhāve pramāṇameva, nirmūlasya ca śiṣṭācārasyāsambhavāt| apramāṇamūlakasya ca prāmāṇikavigānavirahānupapatteḥ| tathā ca satyabhāvaḥ karmakartṛsādhanavaiguṇyamavalambate| asati ca bhāvo janmāntarīyasukṛtasaṃpattim| anvayavyatirekābhāvadarśanaṃ tvāgametarapramāṇagocaraṃ kāryakāraṇabhāvamapākarotītyarthaḥ| yadyavaṃ kimanena na kṛta ityata āha--parameti| yadi kṛtaḥ tat kimindraluptena gataḥ, yena na dṛśyata ityata āha--na niveśita iti| atraiva dṛṣṭānto na khalviti| na khalviṣṭadevatānamaskāravat tanniveśanamapi kvacidupayujyata ityarthaḥ| nanvevaṃbhūtaṃ śiṣṭācāraṃ śiṣyā api grāhayitavyāḥ| na ca tanniveśanavyatirekeṇa te grāhitāḥ syurityata āha--maṅgalyāntara vaditi||