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# Commentary on the Nyāyasūtra 41

Text of the Tokyo Indology Student Team 41

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [41.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra!vatsyayana*tokyo.41.2)

% sādhanabhūtasya ...\] p.318  
ata ūrdhvaṃ tarko lakṣaṇīya ity athedam ucyate ---

### [41.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra!vatsyayana*tokyo.41.3)

avijñātatattve 'rthe kāraṇopapattitas tattvajñānārtham ūhas tarkaḥ ||

### [41.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra!vatsyayana*tokyo.41.4)

avijñāyamānatattve 'rthe jijñāsā tāvaj jāyate jānīyemam artham iti/ atha jijñāsitasya vastuno vyāhatau dharmau vibhāgena vimṛśati ---

### [41.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra!vatsyayana*tokyo.41.5)

% jijñāsitasya vastuno ...\] p.321  
kiṃsvid ittham āhosvin nettham iti/ vimṛśyamānayor dharmayor ekaṃ kāraṇopapattyānujānāti, sambhavaty asmin kāraṇaṃ pramāṇaṃ hetur iti kāraṇopapattyā syād evam etan netarad iti/  
tatra nidarśanam --- yo 'yaṃ jñātā jñātavyam arthaṃ jānīte taṃ tattvato jānīyeti jijñāsā/ sa kim utpattidharmako 'thānutpattidharmaka iti vimarśaḥ/ vimṛśyamāne 'vijñātatatte 'rthe yasya dharmasyābhyanujñākāraṇam upapadyate tam anujānāti/ yady ayam anutpattidharmakaḥ, tataḥ svakṛtasya karmaṇaḥ phalam anubhavati jñātā, duḥkhajanmapravṛttidoṣamithyājñānānām uttaram uttaraṃ pūrvasya pūrvasya kāraṇam, uttarottarāpāye tadanantarāpāyād apavarga iti syātāṃ saṃsārāpavargau/

### [41.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra!vatsyayana*tokyo.41.6)

% -pavargau/\] p.322  
utpattidharmake jñātari punar na syātām/ utpannaḥ khalu jñātā dehendriyabuddhivedanābhiḥ sambadhyata iti nāsyedaṃ svakṛtasya karmaṇaḥ phalam utpannaś ca bhūtvā na bhavatīti tasyāvidyamānasya niruddhasya vā svakṛtakarmaṇaḥ phalopabhogo nāsti/ tad evam ekasyānekaśarīrayogaḥ śarīraviyogaś cātyantaṃ na syād iti yatra kāraṇam anupapadyamānaṃ paśyati tan nānujānāti/ so 'yam evaṃlakṣaṇa ūhas tarka ity ucyate/  
kathaṃ punar ayaṃ tattvajñānārtho na tattvajñānam eveti? anavadhāraṇāt/ anujānāty ayam ekataraṃ dharmaṃ kāraṇopapattyā, na tv avadhārayati na vyavasyati na niścinoti evam evedam iti/ kathaṃ tattvajñānārtha iti? tattvajñānaviṣayābhyanujñālakṣaṇānugrahabhāvitāt prasannād anatarapramāṇasāmarthyāt tattvajñānam utpadyata ity evaṃ tattvajñānārtha iti/  
so 'yaṃ tarkaḥ pramāṇāni pratisandadhānaḥ pramāṇābhyanujñānāt pramāṇasahito vāde 'padiṣṭa ity avijñātatattvam anujānāti/

### [41.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra!vatsyayana*tokyo.41.7)

% vāde 'padiṣṭa ...\] p.323  
yathā so 'rho bhavati tasya tathābhāvaḥ tattvam, aviparyayo yāthātathyam//40//

## Linked texts (4)

- [Nyāyamañjarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayamanjari.2.7.2) — Jayanta Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Vedāntakaumudī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.advaita.vedantakaumudi.4.p9) — Vallabha Deva, Sanskrit
- [Vedāntakaumudī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.advaita.sastra.vedantakaumudi.4.p9) — Rāmadvaya, Sanskrit
- [Prapañcahṛdaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.advaita.prapancahrdaya.2.p14) — Madhusūdana Sarasvatī 1545, Sanskrit

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