Nyāya Sūtras 339
Nyāyabhāṣya 339
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339.3
manaḥkarmanimittatvāc ca saṃyogāvyucchedaḥ ||
And because it is caused by the action of the mind, there would be non-cessation of contact.
339.4
manoguṇenādṛṣṭena samāveśite manasi saṃyogavyucchedo na syāt, tac ca kiṃkṛtaṃ śarīrād apasarpaṇaṃ manasa iti? karmāśayakṣaye tu karmāśayāntarād vipacyamānād apasarpaṇopapattir iti/ adṛṣṭād evāpasarpaṇam iti cet --- yo 'dṛṣṭaḥ śarīropasarpaṇahetuḥ sa evāpasarpaṇahetur apīti? na, ekasya jīvanaprāyaṇahetutvānupapatteḥ --- evaṃ ca saty ekam adṛṣṭaṃ jīvanaprāyaṇayor hetur iti prāptam, naitad upapadyate//69//
When the mind has entered [the body] through its quality, the unseen, there could be no cessation of contact. And by what would the departure of the mind from the body be caused? But when the receptacle of karma is exhausted, departure is logically tenable through another receptacle of karma maturing. If [it is argued] that the departure is caused by the unseen itself—‘that very unseen which is the cause of approaching the body is also the cause of departing from it’? No, because it is untenable for a single thing to be the cause of both life and death. For in that case it would follow that a single unseen is the cause of both life and death, and this is untenable. ||69
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- Nyāyavārttika — Uddyotakara, Sanskrit
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- Nyāyasūtra — Akṣapāda Gautama, Sanskrit