Pramanamimamsa 1.2.8

1.2.8

sā ca pramāṇam avisaṃvāditvāt svayaṃ nihitapratyunmārgaṇādivyavahārāṇāṃ darśanāt . nanvanubhūyamānasya viṣayasyābhāvānnirālambanā smṛtiḥ kathaṃ pramāṇam ? . naivam, anubhūtenārthena sālambanatvopapatteḥ, anyathā pratyakṣasyāpyanubhūtārthaviṣayatvādaprāmāṇyaṃ prasajyeta . svaviṣayāvabhāsanaṃ smṛterapyaviśiṣṭam . vinaṣṭo viṣayaḥ kathaṃ smṛterjanakaḥ ?, tathā cārthājanyatvānna prāmāṇyamasyā iti cet; tat kiṃ pramāṇāntare'pyarthajanyatvamavisaṃvādaheturiti vipralabdho'si ? . maivaṃ muhaḥ, yathaiva hi pradīpaḥ svasāmagrībalalabdhajanmā ghaṭādibhirajanito'pi tān prakāśayati tathaivāvaraṇakṣayopaśamasavyapekṣendriyānindriyabalalabdhajanma saṃvedanaṃ viṣayamavabhāsayati . nānanukṛtānvayavyatirekaṃ kāraṇam nākāraṇaṃ viṣayaḥ iti tu pralāpamātram, yogijñānasyātītānāgatārthagocarasya tadajanyasyāpi prāmāṇyaṃ prati vipratipatterabhāvāt . kiṃca, smṛteraprāmāṇye'numānāya datto jalāñjaliḥ, tayā vyāpteraviṣayīkaraṇe tadutthānāyogāt; liṅgagrahaṇa-sambandhasmaraṇapūrvakamanumānamiti hi sarvavādisiddham . tataśca smṛtiḥ pramāṇam, anumānaprāmāṇyānyathānupapatteriti siddham .. 3 ..