Nyāya Sūtras 310
Nyāyabhāṣya 310
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310.2
smaraṇaṃ tv ātmano jñasvābhāvyāt ||
But memory belongs to the self, because it is by its own nature a knower.
310.3
upapadyata iti/ ātmana eva smaraṇaṃ na buddhisantatimātrasyeti/ tuśabdo 'vadhāraṇe/ katham? jñasvabhāvatvāt/ jña iti asya svabhāvaḥ svo dharmaḥ/ ayaṃ khalu jñāsyati jānāti ajñāsīd iti trikālaviṣayeṇānekena jñānena sambadhyate,
[Memory] is possible. Memory belongs to the self alone, not to a mere continuous series of cognitions. The word 'but' is used for emphasis. How? 'Because it is by its own nature a knower.' 'Knower' is its own nature, its intrinsic property. For this [self] is connected with multiple cognitions whose objects pertain to the three times, in the forms: 'he will know,' 'he knows,' and 'he has known.'
310.4
tac cāsya trikālaviṣayaṃ jñānaṃ pratyātmavedanīyaṃ jñāsyāmi jānāmi ajñāsiṣam iti varttate, tad yasyāyaṃ svo dharmas tasya smaraṇaṃ na buddhiprabandhamātrasya nirātmakasyeti//40//
And this cognition of his, having as its object the three times, exists as individually experienced in the form: ‘I will know, I know, I knew.’ Therefore, memory belongs to that to which this intrinsic property belongs, not to a mere continuum of cognitions devoid of a self.
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- Nyāyavārttika — Uddyotakara, Sanskrit
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- Nyāyasūtra — Akṣapāda Gautama, Sanskrit