Nyāya Sūtras 353
Nyāyabhāṣya 353
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353.2
doṣānantaraṃ pretyabhāvaḥ, tasyāsiddhir ātmano nityatvāt --- na khalu nityaṃ kiṃcij jāyate mriyate vā iti janmamaraṇayor nityatvād ātmano 'nupapattiḥ, ubhayaṃ ca pretyabhāva iti tatrāyaṃ siddhānuvādaḥ ---
Immediately after defects comes rebirth. Its unproven status [is alleged] because the self is eternal: indeed, nothing eternal is born or dies, so because the self is eternal, birth and death are impossible, and rebirth consists of both. On this point, here is the restatement of the established tenet:
353.3
ātmanityatve pretyabhāvasiddhiḥ ||
NyS 4.1.10: Rebirth is established when the self is eternal.
353.4
nityo 'yam ātmā praiti pūrvaśarīraṃ jahāti mriyate iti, pretya ca pūrvaśarīraṃ hitvā
This eternal self departs, abandons the previous body, dies; and having departed, having abandoned the previous body,
353.5
bhavati jāyate śarīrāntaram upādatta iti/ tac caitad ubhayaṃ ``punar utpattiḥ pretyabhāvaḥ'' ity atroktaṃ pūrvaśarīraṃ hitvā śarīrāntaropādānaṃ pretyabhāvaḥ iti tac caitannityatve sambhavatīti/ yasya tu sattvotpādaḥ sattvanirodhaḥ pretyabhāvaḥ tasya kṛtahānam akṛtābhyāgamaś ca doṣaḥ/ ucchedahetuvāde ṛṣyupadeśāś cānarthakā iti//10//
it comes into being, is born, takes up another body. And both these points have been stated in the sūtra: 'Rebirth is being born again,' meaning that rebirth is the abandonment of the prior body and the acquisition of another body; and that is possible only if [the self] is eternal. But for one according to whom rebirth is the arising of a living being and the destruction of a living being, there would be the fault of the destruction of what was done and the arrival of what was not done. And under the doctrine of the cause of annihilation, the teachings of the seers would also be meaningless.
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Commentaries (2)
- Nyāyavārtikatātparyaṭīkā — Vācaspati Miśra, Sanskrit
- Nyāyavārttika — Uddyotakara, Sanskrit
Linked texts (1)
- Nyāyasūtra — Akṣapāda Gautama, Sanskrit