Dvadasharanayacakra 8.26

8.26

atrottaramubhayaniyamabhaṅgāraḥ śabdanayo vakṣyatyataḥ --asyāpi niyama ityādi . eṣo'pi nāmadravyārthabhāvo niyataḥ upasarjanatveneṣyate na prādhānyena, prādhānyena tu viśeṣo niyata ityuktaḥ . na brūmaḥ-- śabdo nimittamātravyāpṛto jñānopakārī nāsti iti . jñānasyaiva pradhānasyopakārakatvena vartate jñānenaiva cotthāpyate, arthapratyāyanārthatvācchabdaprayogasya . tasmādarthārthatvācchabdaprayogasyārthaḥ pradhānaṃ na śabdaḥ, tasyāśabdārthatvāt . arthasyāpi jñānotpattinimittatvād jñānameva pradhānam . na ca jñāna-śabdayoraikyam, pratyakṣapratītivirodhābhyām . yasmāt pratyakṣameva na nāmnaḥ śabdācchrotrābhighātakārād ghaṭādi bhavati, na śabdaḥ kāraṇaṃ ghaṭasya tato'nutpatteḥ . tatastu śabdācchrotrābhighāta evotpadyate, tasmācchabdaḥ śrotrābhighāte heturna ghaṭe na jñāne .