Commentary on the Nyāyasūtra 55.5

55.5

% vidyācaraṇasampad iti] p.396
asya vacanasya vighāto 'rthavikalpopapattyāsambhūtārthakalpanayā kriyate --- yadi brāhmaṇe vidyācaraṃasampat sambhavati vrātye 'pi sambhavet, vrātyo 'pi brāhmaṇaḥ, so 'py astu vidyācaraṇasampanna iti/ yad vivakṣitam artham āpnoti cātyeti ca tad atisāmānyam/ yathā brāhmaṇatvaṃ vidyācaraṇasampadaṃ kvacid āpnoti kvacid atyeti/ sāmānyanimittaṃ chalaṃ sāmānyacchalam iti/
asya ca pratyavasthānam --- avivakṣitahetukasya viṣayānuvādaḥ praśaṃsārthatvād vākyasya; tad atrāsambhūtārthakalpanānupapattiḥ/ yathā sambhavanty asmin kṣetre śālaya iti anirākṛtam avivakṣitaṃ ca bījajanma, pravṛttiviṣayas tu kṣetraṃ praśasyate; so 'yaṃ kṣetrānuvādaḥ nāsmin śālayo vidhīyanta iti; bījāt tu śālinirvṛttiḥ satī na vivakṣitā/ evaṃ sambhavati brāhmaṇe vidyācaraṇasampad iti sampadviṣayo brāhmaṇatvaṃ na sampaddhetuḥ/ na cātra hetur vivakṣitaḥ/ viṣayānuvādas tv ayaṃ praśaṃsārthatvād vākyasya, sati brāhmaṇatve sampaddhetuḥ samartha iti/ vis'yaṃ ca praśaṃsatā vākyena yathāhetutaḥ phalanirvṛttir na pratyākhyāyate/ tad evaṃ sati vacanavighāto 'sambhūtārthakalpanayā nopapadyata iti//