Nyāya Sūtras 362
Nyāyabhāṣya 362
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362.2
athāpara āha ---
Now another says:
362.3
īśvaraḥ kāraṇaṃ puruṣakarmāphalyadarśanāt ||
NyS 4.1.19: God is the cause, because the action of a person is observed to be fruitless.
362.4
puruṣo 'yaṃ samīhamāno nāvaśyaṃ samīhāphalaṃ prāpnoti tenānumīyate parādhīnaṃ puruṣasya karmaphalārādhanam iti, yadadhīnaṃ sa īśvaraḥ/ tasmād īśvaraḥ kāraṇam iti//19//
This person, although striving, does not necessarily obtain the fruit of his striving. From this it is inferred that a person’s attainment of the fruit of action depends on another; that upon which it depends is God. Therefore, God is the cause. ||19
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Commentaries (2)
- Nyāyavārtikatātparyaṭīkā — Vācaspati Miśra, Sanskrit
- Nyāyavārttika — Uddyotakara, Sanskrit
Linked texts (1)
- Nyāyasūtra — Akṣapāda Gautama, Sanskrit