Aphorisms on Brahman 9.27

9.27

kiñca - nirviśeṣaṃ brahma kimasti uta nāsti dvitīye -
mādhyamikamatapraveśaḥ | prathame - brahmāstīti pratijñāyāṃ
pravṛttinimittabhede nirviśeṣatvavyāhatiḥ | na ca pratijñā pravṛttinimittayoḥ |
kalpitatvena parihāraḥ nirviśeṣaṃ brahmāstīti
pratijñāyāssaviśeṣaviṣayakatvākathanasya unmattapralāpatvāt asti
śabdapravṛttinimittabhūtāyāḥ sattāyāstvanmate mithyātvāyogācca | brahmatvasya
kalpitatve nirviśeṣasyābrahmatāpātācca | yatra brahmatvaṃ prakalpitaṃ tadeva
brahmetyuktervyāhatatvācca | nirviśeṣasya kalpitasambandhāyogācca |
pravṛttinimittābhede tu sāmānādhikaraṇyāyogaḥ | bhinnapravṛttinimittānāṃ
śabdānāmekasminnarthe vṛttissāmānādhikaraṇyaṃ iti vṛddhāḥ |
abhāvarūpadharmapravṛttinimittakatāyāmapyayameva doṣaḥ | abhāvānāṃ
svarūpānatireke sāmānādhikaraṇyahāneḥ atireke siddhāntahāneḥ | etena nirviśeṣaḥ
pratijñādīnāmaviṣayo'pi svatassidhyatīti nirastam | dussādhyeṣu sarveṣvartheṣu
svatassiddherdurvāratvāpātāt | etena śrutyā nirviśeṣasiddhirapāstā |
prakṛtipratyayabhedabhinnāyāḥ śrutestatra prāmāṇyāsambhavāt |
pūrvoktadṛśyatvānumānagrāsācca |