Siddhivinishcaya 4.24

4.24

syānmatam--yadi cetanasya nācetanaḥ tasya vā cetanaḥ; kathaṃ jāgraddaśātaḥ svāpadaśā, tasyaśca prabodhadaśā yatastadā avagrahādisaṃbhava iti ? tatra keṣāñcitparihāraḥ--taddaśāyāmavikalpakaṃ darśanamasti tataḥ prabodhaḥ . anyeṣāṃ jāgradvijñānāt saḥ iti . apareṣāṃ jñānarahitādātmanaḥ iti . nāntyaḥ tāvat parihāraḥ saṃbhavati; jñānād vyatiriktasya ātmano'nyasya vā bhūtā'viśeṣāt . yadyapi kāryabhūtānāṃ kṣaṇikatvamiti na smaraṇapratyabhijñānādisaṃbhavataḥ tadāpi tatkāraṇabhūtebhyaḥ tatsaṃbhavo nityatvātteṣām . yadyapi tadrūpādayaḥ nāsmatsadṛśānāṃ pratyakṣāḥ tathāpi buddhā dayaḥ tadāśritatve'pi pratyakṣāḥ, yathā ākāśaparamamahattvādyapratyakṣatve'pi tadāśritaḥ śabdaḥ pratyakṣaḥ .