Nyayasutra 240
Nyāyabhāṣya 240
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240.2
kasmāt punar abhibhavo 'nupalabdhikāraṇaṃ cākṣuṣasya raśmer nocyata iti?
Why, then, is overpowering not stated to be the cause of the non-apprehension of the visual ray?
240.3
abhivyaktau cābhibhavāt ||
[Sūtra 43:] And because overpowering occurs when there is manifestation.
240.4
bāhyaprakāśānugrahanirapekṣatāyāṃ ceti cārthaḥ/ yad rūpam abhivyaktam udbhūtaṃ bāhyaprakāśānugrahaṃ ca nāpekṣate tadviṣayo 'bhibhavaḥ, viparyaye 'bhibhavābhāvāt/ anudbhūtarūpatvāc cānupalabhyamānaṃ bāhyaprakāśānugrahāc copalabhyamānaṃ nābhibhūyata iti/
And the meaning of ‘and’ [in the sūtra] is: ‘and in the case of independence from the assistance of external light’. That visible form which is manifest, unsuppressed, and does not depend on the assistance of external light, is the domain of overpowerment; because in the contrary case overpowerment does not occur. But what is not apprehended because its visible form is unmanifest, and is apprehended only due to the assistance of external light, is not overpowered.
240.5
evam upapannam asti cākṣuṣo raśmir iti//43//
Thus it is established that the visual ray exists.
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Commentaries (2)
- Nyāyavārttika — Uddyotakara, Sanskrit
- Nyāyālaṃkāra — Abhayatilaka, Sanskrit
Linked texts (1)
- Nyāyasūtra — Akṣapāda Gautama, Sanskrit