Nyāya Sūtras 340
Nyāyabhāṣya 340
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340.3
nityatvaprasaṅgaś ca prāyaṇānupapatteḥ ||
And there would be the undesirable consequence of permanence, because death would be untenable.
340.4
vipākasaṃvedanāt karmāśayakṣaye śarīrapātaḥ prāyaṇam, karmāśayāntarāc ca punarjanma/ bhūtamātrāt tu karmanirapekṣāc charīrotpattau kasya kṣayāc charīrapātaḥ prāyaṇam iti? prāyaṇānupapatteḥ khalu vai nityatvaprasaṅgaṃ vidmaḥ/ yādṛcchike tu prāyaṇe prāyaṇabhedānupapattir iti//70//
When the receptacle of karma is exhausted through the experience of its maturation, the falling of the body is death, and rebirth is from another receptacle of karma. But if the body arises from the mere elements, independent of karma, by the exhaustion of what would the falling of the body be death? Indeed, because death is untenable, we see the undesirable consequence of permanence. If, on the other hand, death were accidental, the distinction between deaths would be untenable. ||70
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Commentaries (2)
- Nyāyavārtikatātparyaṭīkā — Vācaspati Miśra, Sanskrit
- Nyāyavārttika — Uddyotakara, Sanskrit
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- Nyāyasūtra — Akṣapāda Gautama, Sanskrit