Nyāya Sūtras 229
Nyāyabhāṣya 229
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- Sanskrit
229.2
athedānīm indriyāṇi prameyakrameṇa vicāryante --- kim āvyaktikāny āhosvid bhautikānīti/
Now, the sense organs are investigated in the order of the objects of valid cognition: are they modifications of the unmanifest [primordial nature] or are they elemental?
229.3
kutaḥ saṃśayaḥ? ---
Whence the doubt?
229.4
kṛṣṇasāre saty upalambhād vyatiricya copalambhāt saṃśayaḥ ||
The doubt arises because apprehension occurs when the pupil is present, and apprehension occurs beyond [it].
229.5
kṛṣṇasāraṃ bhautikam, tasminn anupahate rūpopalabdhiḥ upahate cānupalabdhir iti/ vyatiricya kṛṣṇasāram avasthitasya viṣayasya upalambho na kṛṣṇasāraprāptasya/ na cāprāpyakāritvam indriyāṇām, tad idam abhautikatve vibhutvāt sambhavati/ evam ubhayadharmopalabdheḥ saṃśayaḥ//32//
The pupil is elemental: when it is uninjured, there is apprehension of color, and when it is injured, there is non-apprehension. Apprehension is of an object situated beyond the pupil, not of one that has reached the pupil. And sense organs do not operate without reaching [their object]; this is possible if [the sense organ] is non-elemental, on account of its omnipresence. Thus, the doubt arises from the apprehension of properties of both sides.
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Commentaries (2)
- Nyāyavārtikatātparyaṭīkā — Vācaspati Miśra, Sanskrit
- Nyāyavārttika — Uddyotakara, Sanskrit
Linked texts (1)
- Nyāyasūtra — Akṣapāda Gautama, Sanskrit