Nyāya Sūtras 62
Nyāyabhāṣya 62
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62.2
kiṃ punar dṛṣṭāntavaj jātinigrahasthānayor abhedo 'tha siddhāntavad bheda ity ata āha ---
Is there, then, non-difference between futile rejoinders and points of defeat, like an example, or is there a division, like an established tenet? In response to this, it says:
62.3
tadvikalpāj jātinigrahasthānabahutvam ||
NyS 1.2.20: Futile rejoinders and points of defeat are numerous because of their varieties.
62.4
tasya sādharmyavaidharmyābhyāṃ pratyavasthānasya vikalpāj jātibahutvam, tayoś ca vipratipattyapratipattyor vikalpān nigrahasthānabahutvam/ nānā kalpo vikalpaḥ, vividho vā kalpo vikalpaḥ/ tatra ananubhāṣaṇam ajñānam apratibhā vikṣepo matānujñā paryanuyojyopekṣaṇam ity apratipattir nigrasthānam/ śeṣas tu vipratipattir iti/
Because of the varieties of that objection through similarity and dissimilarity, there is a plurality of futile rejoinders; and because of the varieties of those two, misunderstanding and non-comprehension, there is a plurality of points of defeat. A variety (vikalpa) means a distinct form, or a variety means a manifold form. Among these, non-repetition, ignorance, incomprehension, distraction, admission of an opinion, and overlooking the censurable are points of defeat consisting in non-comprehension; the remainder, however, consists in misunderstanding.
62.5
ime pramāṇādayaḥ padārthā uddiṣṭāḥ, yathoddeśaṃ lakṣitāḥ, yathālakṣaṇaṃ parīkṣiṣyanta iti trividhā cāsya śāstrasya pravṛttir veditavyeti//
These categories, beginning with means of valid cognition, have been enumerated, have been defined according to their enumeration, and will be critically examined according to their definitions; thus the operation of this treatise should be known as threefold.
62.6
iti vātsyāyanīye nyāyabhāṣye prathamādhyāyasya dvitīyam āhnikam/
samāptaś cāyaṃ prathamo 'dhyāyaḥ//
Here ends the second daily lesson of the first chapter in Vātsyāyana's commentary on the Nyāyasūtra. And this completes the first chapter.
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- Nyāyavārttika — Uddyotakara, Sanskrit
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