[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) › [Nyāyabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra!vatsyayana) › [Nyayabhashya (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra!vatsyayana*complete) › 11.p26 # Commentary on the Nyāyasūtra 11.p26 Nyāyabhāṣya (complete text) 11.p26 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [11.p26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra!vatsyayana*complete.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|| - [Previous: 11.p25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra!vatsyayana*complete.11.p25) - [Next: 11.p27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra!vatsyayana*complete.11.p27) - [Up: 11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra!vatsyayana*complete.11) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra!vatsyayana*complete.11.p26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra!vatsyayana*complete.11.p26) · Pramāṇa