Shribhashya 4.4-91

4.4-91

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niyatamupalabhyate | kāryaniṣpattiśca niyamena anekakārakasavyapekṣā dṛṣṭā | evaṃ nimittopādānayoḥ rbhedaniyamaṃ kāryaniṣpatteḥ anekakārakasavyapekṣatvaniyamañcātikramya ekameva brahmopādānaṃ nimittañca pratipādayituṃ na prabhavanti vedāntavākyāni | ataḥ brahma nimittakāraṇameva, nopādānam | upādānaṃ tu tadadhiṣṭhitaṃ pradhānameveti | evaṃ prāpte abhidhīyate - prakṛtiśca pratijñādṛṣṭāntānuparodhāditi | prakṛtiśca - upādānañca | na nimittakāraṇamātraṃ brahma, upādānakāraṇañca brahmaivetyarthaḥ| kutaḥ ? pratijñādṛṣṭāntānuparodhāt | evameva hi pratijñādṛṣṭāntau noparudhyete | pratijñā tāvat "stavdho'syuta tamādeśamaprākṣyaḥ yenāśrutaṃ śrutaṃ bhavati amataṃ mataṃ, avijñānaṃ vijñātam’ ityekavijñānena sarvavijñānaviṣayā | dṛṣṭāntaśca "yathā somyaikena lohamaṇinā’ "yathā saumyaikena nakhakṛntanena’ iti kāraṇa
vijñānāt kāryavijñānaviṣayaḥ | yadi nimittakāraṇameva jagato brahma, tadā tadvijñānānna samastaṃ jagadvijñātaṃ
syāt | na hi kulālādi-vijñānena ghaṭādirvijñāyate; ataḥ pratijñādṛṣṭāntayorbādha eva | brahmaṇa evopādānatve