Aphorisms on Brahman 2.331.5

2.331.5

atrocyate- yadi tāvadayamabhiprāyo 'vidyādayaḥ saṃghātamantareṇātmānamalabhamānā apekṣante saṃghātamiti, tatastasya saṃghātasya nimittaṃ vaktavyam /
tacca nityeṣvapyaṇuṣvabhyupagamyamāneṣvāśrayāśrayibhūteṣu ca bhokteṣu satsu na saṃbhavatītyuktaṃ vaiśeṣikaparīkṣāyām /
kimaṅga punaḥ kṣaṇikeṣvapyaṇuṣu bhoktṛrahiteṣvāśrayiśūnyeṣu vābhyupagamyamāneṣu saṃbhavet /
athāyamabhiprāyo 'vidyādaya eva saṃghātasya nimittamiti, kathaṃ tamevāśrityātmānaṃ labhamānāstasyaiva nimittaṃ syuḥ /
atha manyase saṃghātā evānādau saṃsāre saṃtatyānuvartante tadāśrayāścāvidyādaya iti, tadapi saṃdhātātsaṃghātāntaramutpadyamānaṃ, niyamena vā sadṛśamevotpadyeta, aniyamena vā sadṛśaṃ visadṛśaṃ votpadyeta /
niyamābhyupagame manuṣyapudgalasya devatiryagyoninārakaprāptyabhāvaḥ prāpnuyāt /
aniyamābhyupagame 'pi manuṣyapudgalaḥ kadācitkṣaṇena hastī bhūtvā devo vā punarmanuṣyo vā bhavediti prāpnuyāt /
ubhayamapyabhyupagamaviruddham /
apica yadbhogārthaḥ saṃghātaḥ syātsa nāsti sthiro bhokteti tavābhyupagamaḥ /
tataśca bhogo bhogārtha eva sa nānyena prārthanīyaḥ /
tathā mokṣo mokṣārthaṃ eveti mumukṣuṇā nānyena bhavitavyam /
anyena cetprārthyetobhayaṃ bhogamokṣakālāvasthāyinā tena bhavitavyam /
avasthāyitve kṣaṇikatvābhyupagamavirodhaḥ /
tasmāditaretarotpattimātranimittatvamavidyādīnāṃ yadi bhavedbhavatu nāma natu saṃghātaḥ siddhyet /
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