Aphorisms on Brahman 9.17

9.17

kiñca - nīlapṛṣṭhatvādisattāyā api brahmarūpatayā tadviṣayakajñānabādhyeṣu
rajatādiṣvativyāptirdurvāraiva | teṣāmapi jñānānāṃ brahmātiriktaviṣayatvābhāvāt | na
ca nīlapṛṣṭhatvādīnāmabrahmarūpāṇāṃ tadjñānaviṣayatvānnātiprasaṅgaḥ iti
vācyam | tarhi nirviśeṣatvaprapañcamithyātvādibrahmātiriktaviṣayakajñānasyaiva
prapañcanivartakatayā vyāvahārikamātre lakṣaṇāsambhavaprasaṅgāt |
nirviśeṣatvādīnāṃ sapratiyogikānāṃ niṣpratiyogikabrahmasvarūpamātratvaṃ
dussādhyam | svarūpamātrajñānasyādhyāsasahasvaprakāśānatiriktaviṣayatayā
nivartakatvāsambhavenāsambhavāpādakaṃ ca | anatiriktaviṣyavijñāne vṛttitvaṃ
nivartakatāvacchedakamityabhyupagame jaḍāyā vṛtternirvatyatve
jñānabādhyatvasiddhāntavyāhatiḥ | kathaṃcit jñānatvāṅgīkāre'pi
svasvarūpajñānasādhāraṇasya
jñānanivartakatānavacchedakatvādapasiddhāntaścetyāstāṃ vistaraḥ |