Commentary on the Nyāyasūtra 14.2.14

14.2.14

ata eva tattvamasyādiśabdaḥ svaviṣayagocarapratyakṣajñānajanakaḥ, svato'parokṣārthagocaratvāt "daśamastvamasi" "saṃvit svaprakāśā" ityādivākyavat ityādyanumānāni nirastāni, daśamatvasvaprakāśatvādiviśiṣṭākāreṇa dṛṣṭānteṣvaparokṣajñānajananāsiddheḥ| tathā vigītaḥ śabdo na svavācyagocarapratyakṣadhījanakaḥ, śabdatvāt, saṃpratipannavat, ityādyapipratiprayoktavyam| upalambhavirodhaśābdapratyakṣalakṣaṇasaṃkarādiprasaṅgo'tra vipakṣe bādhakaḥ| naivaṃ pūrvasya, śabdajanyapratyakṣamantareṇāpi yogajādṛṣṭajanitasākṣātkārāt praṇidhānaviśeṣaprasāditaparamātmasaṃkalpādvā niḥśreyasasiddheriti || pratyakṣaṃ cidacinmayaṃ jagadidaṃ yasyetyanuśrūyate yaścānanyadhiyāmanantavibhavaḥ pratyakṣatāmaśnute| yaścaiko yugapatsadā svata idaṃ viśvaṃ darīdṛśyate prājñaṃ taṃ pratipannamokṣaṇavidhādakṣaṃ didṛkṣemahi || iti śrīkavitārkikasiṃhasya sarvatantrasvatantrasya śrīmadveṅkaṭanāthasya vedāntācāryasya kṛtiṣu nyāyapariśuddhau pratyakṣādhyāye dvitīyamāhnikam ||