Utpadasiddhi 11.1.24

11.1.24

atha dhūmasāmānyādagnisāmānyasiddhernāyaṃ doṣaḥ, yato liṅgaliṅginoḥ pratibandhaḥ sāmānyāśrayī, tarhi kathamatrāpi viruddhatā ?, pratyakṣamātrayogyatāyā eva sādhayitumabhipretatvāt, pratyakṣatvaṃ ca nendriyajatvena vyāptaṃ, nanvakṣam-indriyaṃ, tataśca prati gatamakṣamivi cakṣurādīndriyaprabhavajñānasyaiva pratyakṣatvaṃ yuktaṃ, naitadasti, yataḥ pratyakṣasyākṣāśritatvaṃ vyutpattereva kāraṇaṃ, pravṛttinimittaṃ tu vastusākṣātkriyā, taduktam-“akṣāśritatvamadhyakṣe, vyutpattereva kāraṇam| nimittaṃ tu punastasya, vastusākṣātkriyā matā ||1||” tathā hi kāmādibhāvanājātaṃ saṃvedanaṃ yadā viśadasvabhāvamanubhūyate ghaṭādijñānaṃ vā svasaṃvidrūpaṃ cakāsti tadendriyasamutthatvaṃ pratyakṣe kvopayogi?, jñānasvasaṃvedyatā nanu na jñānamātmaprakāśakaṃ svātmani kriyāvirodhāt, tathā coktam-“yadarthavedanaṃ jñānamātmano'pi prakalpyate| suśikṣito vaṭuḥ skandhaṃ, svamārohenna dāsravat ||1||” tathā vedyate aneneti vedanaṃ vedyate taditi vedyamiti viruddhayoḥ karaṇakarmaṇoḥ kathamekatvaṃ ?, nanu kathamātmānamātmā ātmanaiva vettīti vyavahāraḥ ?, na ca vyavahāra evāyaṃ, tattvatastu na kenāpi pramāṇenātmasvarūpaṃ na parijñāyate, kenāpi