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# Commentary on the Nyāyasūtra 33.5

Text of the Tokyo Indology Student Team 33.5

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [33.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra!vatsyayana*tokyo.33.5)

% jijñāsā/\]ü@p.270  
apratīyamānam arthaṃ kasmāj jijñāsate? taṃ tattvato jñātaṃ hāsyāmi vopādāsya upekṣiṣye veti/ tā etā hānopādānopekṣābuddhayas tattvajñānasyārthaṣ tadartham(corr.; -rthaḥ, stadartham, ed.) ayaṃ jijñāsate/ sā khalv ayam asādhanam arthasyeti/ jijñāsādhiṣṭhānaṃ saṃśayaś ca vyāhatadharmopasaṅghātāt tattvajñāne pratyāsannaḥ, vyāhatayor hi dharmayor anyataratattvaṃ bhavitum arhatīti/ sa pṛthag upadiṣṭo 'py asādhanam arthasyeti/ pramātuḥ pramāṇāni prameyādhigamārthāni, sā śakyaprāptir na sādhakasya vākyasya bhāgena yujyate pratijñādivad iti/ prayojanaṃ tattvāvadhāraṇam arthasādhakasya vākyasya phalaṃ naikadeśa iti/ saṃśayavyudāsaḥ pratipakṣopavarṇanaṃ tatpratiṣedhena tattvajñānābhyanujñānārtham, na tv ayaṃ sādhakavākyaikadeśa iti/ prakaraṇe tu jijñāsādayaḥ samarthā avadhāraṇīyārthopakārāt/

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