Samkhya treatise of Vindhyavasin 2: Vindhyavāsimatāni
Vindhyavāsin (fragments) 2
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Vindhyavāsimatāni
2.1
viśeṣadṛṣṭam etac ca likhitaṃ vindhyavāsinā
And this, seen in particulars, was written down by Vindhyavāsin.
And this [inference of the same fire at the same place at another time] Vindhyavāsin has written down as "seen in particular".
2.2
mahataḥ ṣaḍaviśeṣāḥ sṛjyante pañca tanmātrāṇy ahaṃkāraś ceti vindhyavāsimatam … vibhūnīti vindhyavāsimatam … ekādaśakam iti vindhyavāsī … manasi vindhyavāsinaḥ … ekatvaṃ vindhyavāsinaḥ
From the great principle (mahat) are produced six unparticularized entities—the five subtle elements (tanmātra) and the ego (ahaṃkāra)—this is Vindhyavāsin's view … that they are all-pervading (vibhu), this is Vindhyavāsin's view … that the elevenfold group [of senses originates from it], this is Vindhyavāsin's view … in the mind, is the view of Vindhyavāsin … that there is unity, is the view of Vindhyavāsin.
From the great principle six unspecific [products] are created, the five subtle elements and I-making — Vindhyavāsin's view … [the senses] are all-pervading — Vindhyavāsin's view … the instrument is elevenfold, says Vindhyavāsin … [the apprehension of all objects is] in the mind, according to Vindhyavāsin … [intention, self-assertion and ascertainment are] one, according to Vindhyavāsin.
2.3
vindhyavāsinas tu vibhutvād indriyāṇāṃ bījadeśe vṛttyā janma, tattyāgo maraṇam; tasmān nāsti sūkṣmaśarīram; tasmān nirviśeṣaḥ saṃsāra iti pakṣaḥ
According to Vindhyavāsin, however, because the sense organs are omnipresent, birth is [merely] their functioning at the place of the seed, and death is the abandonment of that; therefore, there is no subtle body (sūkṣmaśarīra); hence, worldly existence (saṃsāra) lacks distinctions [of vehicle]—such is his thesis.
Vindhyavāsin's view is that, the senses being all-pervading, birth is their functioning at the place of the seed and death its abandonment; hence there is no subtle body, and hence transmigration is without distinctions.
2.4
vindhyavāsinas tu nāsti tattvasamaṃ sāṃsiddhikaṃ ca, kiṃ tarhi siddhirūpam eva
According to Vindhyavāsin, however, there is nothing inherently innate (sāṃsiddhika) corresponding to ultimate reality; what then [is it]? It is of the nature of attainment (siddhi) alone.
According to Vindhyavāsin there is no [knowledge] coeval with the principles or innate; it is always of the nature of an attainment.
2.5
yad eva dadhi tat kṣīraṃ yat kṣīraṃ tad dadhīti ca /
vadatā rudrilenaiva khyāpitā vindhyavāsitā //
By asserting that 'whatever is curd is milk, and whatever is milk is curd,' / Rudrila has indeed made known his status as a follower of Vindhyavāsin.
"What is curd is milk, and what is milk is curd": by saying this, Rudrila has shown himself a dweller in the Vindhya [wilds].
2.6
sārūpyaṃ sādṛśyaṃ vindhyavāsīṣṭam
Conformity (sārūpya) means similarity (sādṛśya): this is accepted by Vindhyavāsin.
"Similarity" [as what words express] is accepted by Vindhyavāsin.
2.7
tantrāntareṣu hi vindhyavāsiprabhṛtibhir ācāryair upadiṣṭāḥ
For [these] have been taught in other treatises by teachers headed by Vindhyavāsin.
For [the members of inference such as the desire to know] were taught in other treatises by Vindhyavāsin and other teachers.
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Linked texts (5)
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- Tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā — Kamalaśīla, Sanskrit
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