Nyāya Sūtras 301
Nyāyabhāṣya 301
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- Sanskrit
301.2
ātmapreraṇayadṛcchājñatābhiś ca na saṃyogaviśeṣaḥ ||
Nor is there a particular contact [between self and mind] through the self's impelling, through chance, or through the consciousness [of the mind].
301.3
ātmapreraṇena vā manaso bahiḥ śarīrāt saṃyogaviśeṣaḥ syāt, yadṛcchayā vā, ākasmikatayā jñatayā vā manasaḥ? sarvathā cānupapattiḥ/ katham? smartavyatvāt, icchātaḥ smaraṇāj jñānāsambhavāc ca/ yadi tāvad ātmā amuṣyārthasya smṛtihetuḥ saṃskāraḥ amuṣminn ātmadeśe samavetas tena manaḥ saṃyujyatām iti manaḥ prerayati tadā smṛta evāsāv artho bhavati na smartavyaḥ/ na cātmapratyakṣa ātmapradeśaḥ saṃskāro vā, tatrānupapannātmapratyakṣeṇa saṃvittir iti/ susmūrṣayā cāyaṃ manaḥ praṇidadhānaś cirād api kañcid arthaṃ smarati nākasmāt, jñatvaṃ ca manaso nāsti jñānapratiṣedhād iti//31//
Could a particular contact outside the body occur through the self's impelling of the mind, through chance, or through the accidental consciousness of the mind? In all ways, it is impossible. Why? Because [the object] is yet to be remembered, because remembering arises from desire, and because consciousness [in the mind] is impossible. First, if the self impels the mind, thinking, "The trace causing the memory of this object is inherent in that region of the self; let the mind come into contact with it," then that object is already remembered, not yet to be remembered. Nor is a region of the self or a trace perceptible to the self; hence, direct awareness through self-perception is impossible there. And one who directs the mind with the desire to remember recalls some object even after a long time, not accidentally; nor does the mind possess consciousness, since knowledge [in it] has been refuted.
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- Nyāyavārttika — Uddyotakara, Sanskrit
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- Nyāyasūtra — Akṣapāda Gautama, Sanskrit