Aphorisms on Brahman 26.42

26.42

vijñānasādhanatvādindriyāṇi vijñānamityucyante | yaduktaṃ - etasmājjāyate
prāṇaḥ ityādinā sarvasya brahmaṇo'nantarakāryatvaṃ śrāvyate | ataścānena vākyena
sarvasya sākṣādbrahmaṇa utpattirabhidhyānaliṅgavagātā uttabhyata iti tannopapadyate |
kramaviśeṣaparatvādasya vākyasyātrāpi sarveṣāṃ kramapratīteḥ khādiṣu
tāvacchrutyantarasiddhaḥ kramo'trāpi pratīyate | taissaha
pāṭhaliṅgādbhūtaprāṇayorantarāle vijñānamanasī api krameṇotpadyete iti pratīyate |
atassarvasya sājñādbrahmaṇa eva sambhavasyottambhanamidaṃ na bhavatīti cettanna -
aviśeṣāt | etasmājjāyate prāṇaḥ ityanenāviśeṣāt vijñānamanasoḥ khādīnāṃ ca
etasmājjāyate ityanena sākṣātsambhavarūpatsambandhasyābhidheyasya sarveṣāṃ
prāṇādipṛthivyantānāmaviśiṣṭatvātsa eva vidheyaḥ na kramaḥ |
śrutyantarasiddhakramavirodhācca nedaṃ kramaparam | pṛthivyapsu pralīyate ityārabhya
tama ekī bhavati ityantena kramāntarapratīteḥ | pūrvoktabhūtotpattilayakrama
indroyotpattikrameṇa na virudhyate | tasyānna kenāpi vākyena bhūtasṛṣṭivākyānāṃ
virodha iti siddham |