Nyāya Sūtras 149
Nyāyabhāṣya 149
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- Sanskrit
149.2
evaṃ ca sati tattvaṃ pāṃśubhir ivāvakirann idam āha---
This being the case, [the opponent,] scattering dust, as it were, over reality, says this—
149.3
tadanupalabdher anupalambhād āvaraṇopapattiḥ ||
[The opponent objects:] Obstruction is established, because non-apprehension of that [obstruction] is not apprehended.
149.4
yady anupalambhād āvaraṇaṃ nāsti, āvaraṇānupalabdhir api tarhy anupalambhāt nāstīti tasyā abhāvād apratiṣiddham āvaraṇam iti/ kathaṃ punar jānīte bhavān nāvaraṇānupalabdhir upalabhyata iti?
[Opponent:] If obstruction does not exist because it is not apprehended, then the non-apprehension of obstruction also does not exist because it is not apprehended; hence, in the absence of that [non-apprehension of obstruction], obstruction is not refuted. [Proponent:] But how do you know that the non-apprehension of obstruction is not apprehended?
149.5
kim atra jñeyaṃ pratyātmavedanīyatvāt samānam---ayaṃ khalv āvaraṇam anupalambhamānaḥ pratyātmam eva saṃvedayate nāvaraṇam upalabha iti, yathā kuḍyenāvṛtasyāvaraṇam upalabhamānaḥ pratyātmam eva saṃvedayate/ seyam āvaraṇopalabdhivad āvaraṇānupalabdhir api saṃvedyaiveti/ evaṃ ca saty apahṛtaviṣayam uttaravākyam astīti//16//
What is there to know about this, since it is equally self-experienced by each person? Indeed, this person, when not apprehending an obstruction, experiences directly within himself: 'I do not apprehend an obstruction,' just as one who apprehends an obstruction of something covered by a wall experiences directly within himself. Thus, just like the apprehension of obstruction, this non-apprehension of obstruction is also directly experienced. And this being so, the rejoinder is devoid of subject matter. ||16
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Commentaries (2)
- Nyāyavārtikatātparyaṭīkā — Vācaspati Miśra, Sanskrit
- Nyāyavārttika — Uddyotakara, Sanskrit
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- Nyāyasūtra — Akṣapāda Gautama, Sanskrit