Nyāya Sūtras 217
Nyāyabhāṣya 217
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- Sanskrit
217.2
kiṃ punar ayaṃ dehādisaṅghātād anyo nityaḥ utānitya iti/ kutaḥ saṃśayaḥ? ubhayathā dṛṣṭatvāt saṃśayaḥ/ vidyamānam ubhayathā bhavati nityam anityaṃ ca/ pratipādite ca ātmasadbhāve saṃśayānivṛttir iti/
Now then, is this [self], distinct from the aggregate of the body and the rest, eternal or non-eternal? Whence the doubt? The doubt arises from [entities] being observed both ways. What is existent is of both kinds: eternal and non-eternal. And even when the existence of the self has been established, the doubt does not cease.
217.3
ātmasadbhāvahetubhir evāsya prāg dehabhedād avasthānaṃ siddham ūrddhvam api dehabhedād avatiṣṭhate/ kutaḥ?
By the very reasons for the existence of the self, its persistence prior to the destruction of the body is established; it persists even after the destruction of the body. Why?
217.4
pūrvābhyastasmṛtyanubandhāj jātasya harṣabhayaśokasampratipatteḥ ||
NyS 3.1.18: Because, for a newborn, joy, fear, and sorrow are experienced through the continuity of memory from previous practice.
217.5
jātaḥ khalv ayaṃ kumārako 'smin janmany agṛhīteṣu harṣabhayaśokahetuṣu harṣabhayaśokān pratipadyate liṅgānumeyān/ te ca smṛtyanubandhād utpadyante nānyathā/ smṛtyanubandhaś ca pūrvābhyāsam antareṇa na bhavati/ pūrvābhyāsaś ca pūrvajanmani sati, nānyatheti sidhyaty etat avatiṣṭhate 'yam ūrdhvaṃ śarīrabhedād iti//18//
Indeed, this newborn infant, though the causes of joy, fear, and sorrow have not been experienced in this birth, experiences joy, fear, and sorrow, which are inferable from marks [such as smiling or crying]. And these arise through the continuity of memory, not otherwise. And the continuity of memory does not occur without previous practice. And previous practice exists [only] if there was a previous birth, not otherwise. Thus it is established that this [self] persists after the destruction of the body.
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Commentaries (2)
- Nyāyavārtikatātparyaṭīkā — Vācaspati Miśra, Sanskrit
- Nyāyavārttika — Uddyotakara, Sanskrit
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- Nyāyasūtra — Akṣapāda Gautama, Sanskrit