Kārikā 3

āha- samyagupadiṣṭaṃ bhavatā vyaktāvyaktajñavijñānānmokṣo'vāpyate / idānīmupadeṣṭavyam kathametattrayaṃ pratipattavyamiti /
ucyate - trayasyāsya pratipattiṃ dvedhā samāmananti / samāsato vistarataśca / tadeva trayaṃ paṃcabhiradhikaraṇairbhidyate / kāni punaradhikaraṇānīti ? ucyate- prakṛtivikāravṛttaṃ, kāryakāraṇavṛttaṃ, atiśayānatiśayavṛttaṃ, nimittanaimittikavṛttaṃ, viṣayaviṣayivṛttamiti / tatra prakṛtivikāravṛttapūrvakatvāditareṣāmadhikaraṇānāṃ tadbhedānvakṣyāmaḥ / tatpunaścaturdhā bhidyate / kiṃcitkāraṇameva na kāryam / kiṃcitkāraṇaṃ ca kāryaṃ ca / kiṃcitkāryameva na kāraṇam / kiṃcinnaiva kāraṇaṃ na cāpi kāryamiti /
āha- atisāmānyopadiṣṭametannāsmākaṃ buddhāvavatiṣṭhate / tasmādvibhajyopadiśyatāṃ kasya padārthasya kiṃ vṛttamiti ?
ucyate- bāḍham / upadiśyate-

mūlaprakṛtiravikṛtiḥ

mūlamādhāraḥ pratiṣṭhetyanarthāntaram / prakarotīti / prakṛtiḥ / mūlaṃ cāsau prakṛtirmūlaprakṛtiḥ / mūlaprakṛtiḥ kasya mūlam ? mahadādīnām / saṃjñā khalviyaṃ pradhānasya mūlaprakṛtiriti / sā cāvikṛtiravikārānutpādyetyarthaḥ /
āha- samāsānupapattiḥ viśeṣaṇāntaropādānāt / mūlamityayaṃ śabdaḥ prakṛtiviśeṣaṇārthamupātto mahadādiviśeṣaṇāntaramupādatte / tatra saviśeṣaṇānāṃ vṛttirneti samāsapratiṣedhaḥ prāpnoti / samāsāntaravidhānādadoṣa iti cetsyānmatam- yadyetasmin samāse doṣo'yamupapadyate samāsāntaramatra vidhāsyate mūlaṃ prakṛtīnāṃ mūlaprakṛtiriti / etaccānupapannam / kasmāt ? doṣāntaropapatteḥ / evamapyupasarjanaṃ pūrvaṃ nipatatīti ṣaṣṭhyoktasyopasarjanatvātpūrvanipātaḥ / tatraivaṃ bhavitavyaṃ mūlaṃ prakṛtīnāṃ prakṛtimūlamiti / tasmādidamapyasāramiti /
ucyate- pūrva eva samāso'stu, sambandhiśabdaḥ sāpekṣo nityaṃ vṛttau samasyate / yattūktaṃ viśeṣaṇāntaropādānātsamāsānupapattiriti- tatra brūmaḥ sambandhiśabdānāṃ sambandhyantaramanapekṣya svarūpapratilambha eva nāstītyākāṃkṣāvatāmeva vṛttyā bhavitavyam / tadyathā devadattasya gurukulamiti sambandhiśabdatvāddevadattaśabdamapekṣamāṇo'pi guruśabdaḥ kulaśabdena saha vṛttiṃ pratipadyate / evamihāpi mūlamityayaṃ śabdaḥ sambandhiśabdatvānmahadādyapekṣo'pi prakṛtiśabdena saha vṛttiṃ pratipadyata iti / kiñcānyat / vākyapratipādyasyārthasya vṛttāvupalabdheḥ / yatra hi vākyapratipādyo'rtho vṛttyā na labhyate yathā ṛddhasya rājñasya puruṣaḥ iti tatra saviśeṣaṇānāṃ vṛttirneti vyavasthitaṃ śāstre / gamyate ceha vākyapratipādyo'rtho vṛttāvapi satyām / tasmādadoṣo'yamiti / kiṃ ca jñāpakāt / jñāpakaṃ khalvapi "karmavatkarmaṇā tulyakriyaḥ" / tathā "akārasya vivṛttopadeśa" ityādi / tasmānnātrāsūyā kartavyeti /
āha- avayavasya pratyavamarśānupapattiḥ saṃjñāśabdatvāt / saṃjñāśabdeṣu hi nāvayavasya parāmarśo bhavati / tadyathā gajakarṇo'śvakarṇaḥ / kasya gajasya kasyāśvasyeti /
ucyate na, arthopapatteḥ / yatra hyartha upapadyate bhavatyeva tatra saṃjñāśabdeṣvayavaparāmarśaḥ / tadyathā saptaparṇānyasya parvaṇi parvaṇi, aṣṭau padānyasya paṅktau paṅktau saptaparṇo'ṣṭāpadamiti / upapadyate cehāyamarthaḥ, tasmādadoṣo'yam /
āha- mūlaprakṛtiravikṛtiḥ, prakṛtiriti vaktavyam / yadāha mahadādyāḥ prakṛtivikṛtayaḥ sapteti /
ucyate- prakṛtitvāvacanam / prakṛtitvaṃ ca mūlaprakṛterna vaktavyam / kiṃ kāraṇam ? arthādāpatteḥ / mūlaprakṛtiravikṛtirityeva siddham / ucyamānaṃ hi tadanarthakaṃ syāt /
āha- prakṛtitvānupapattiḥ / satkāryavādābhyupagamāt / prakarotīti prakṛtiḥ, tadbhāvaḥ prakṛtitvam / tacca sati kārye na ghaṭate / kasmāt ? na hi satāmātmādīnāṃ kāraṇamupapadyata iti /
ucyate- taditaratrāpi tulyam / yathaiva hi satāmātmādīnāṃ kāraṇaṃ nopapannamevamasatāṃ śaśaviṣāṇādīnāmapīti nāsti kaścidviśeṣaḥ / tṛtīyā tu viṣādāvalyaiva koṭiḥ / evamubhayapakṣavyudāsātsvapakṣasiddhiriti cet athāpi syāt- sadasatoḥ kriyāsambandhaṃ pratyaviśeṣa upadarśyate bhavatā / tenobhayorapi pakṣayorvyudāsaḥ kṛto bhavati / na cobhayapakṣavyudāsātsvapakṣasiddhiriti / etaccāyuktam / kasmāt ? uttaratra pratiṣedhāt / sa khalveṣa vādī satkāryavādaṃ pratyācaṣṭe tasmātsvaka evainamadhikāre nivartayiṣyāmaḥ /
āha- avikṛtyabhidhānānarthakyam / mūlaprakṛtitvāttatsiddheḥ / yadi mūlaṃ sarvāsāṃ prakṛtīnām avikṛtyaiva tayā bhavitavyam / itarathā hi mūlaprakṛtitvānupapattiḥ / yadi khalvapi pradhānasyāpi prakṛtyantaraṃ syānmūlaprakṛtitvaṃ nopapannaṃ bhavet / tasmānmūlaprakṛtitvavacanādeva tatsiddheravikṛtigrahaṇamanarthakamiti /
ucyate- na / anavasthāprasaṃganivṛttyarthatvāt / yathā hi mūlādīnāṃ bījaṃ prakṛtistasyāpyanyattasyāpyanyadityanavasthā evaṃ mahadādīnāṃ pradhānaṃ mūlaprakṛtiḥ tasyāpyanyadityanavasthā prasajyeta / sā mā bhūdityatastannivṛttyarthaṃ tadabhidhānam /
āha, na / hetvanupadeśāt / asaṃśayametadevaṃ syāt, na tu heturatropadiṣṭo bhavadbhiḥ / na cānupadiṣṭahetukaṃ vipaścidbhiḥ pratipattuṃ nyāyyam / tasmādayuktametat /
ucyate, kāraṇāntarapratiṣedhāt / puruṣākartṛtvātpradhānākhyānāṃ guṇānāṃ cāvasthāntarānupapatteravikṛtitvasiddhiḥ / ihārabhyamāṇā prakṛtiḥ kāraṇāntarairīśvarādibhirārabhyate, puruṣeṇa vā, guṇairvā / kiñcātaḥ ? tanna tāvatkāraṇāntarairīśvarādibhirārabhyate / kasmāt ? pratiṣedhāt / yathā kāraṇāntarāṇi na santi tathottaratra pratiṣedhaḥ kariṣyate / idānīṃ sattvaṃ rajastamaḥ puruṣa iti padārthacatuṣṭayaṃ pratijñāyate / tatrāpi puruṣakartṛtvaṃ pratyākhyāyate / tasminpratyākhyāte guṇānāmevāvasthāntarāpekṣaḥ kāryakāraṇabhāvaḥ / sūkṣmāṇāṃ mūrtilābhaḥ kāryam / nivṛtaviśeṣāṇāmavibhāgātmanāvasthānaṃ kāraṇamityayaṃ siddhāntaḥ / tatrāstaṅgataviśeṣāṇāṃ nivṛttapariṇāmavyāpārāṇāmaṅgāṅgibhāvamanupagacchatāmupasaṃhṛtaśaktīnāṃ sarvavikārasāmyaṃ sarvaśaktipralayaṃ nissattāsattaṃ nissadasadavyaktalakṣaṇamavasthāntaramupasaṃprāptānāṃ nāstyanyatsūkṣmataramavasthāntaram, yasyedaṃ pradhānalakṣaṇamavasthāntaraṃ kāryaṃ syāt / tasmātsuṣṭhūcyate mūlaprakṛtiravikṛtiriti /

mahadādyāḥ prakṛtivikṛtayaḥ sapta /

mahānādyo yāsāṃ tā mahadādyāḥ / avayavena vigrahaḥ, samudāyaḥ samāsārthaḥ / anyathā mahānevātrāparigṛhītaḥ syāt / prakṛtayaśca vikṛtayaśca prakṛtivikṛtayaḥ / kāraṇāni kāryāṇi cetyarthaḥ / tatra mahānahaṃkārasya prakṛtiḥ pradhānasya vikṛtiḥ / ahaṃkāro'pi tanmātrendriyaparvaṇoḥ prakṛtirvikṛtirmahataḥ / tanmātrāṇi ca bhūtaparvaṇaḥ prakṛtirahaṃkārasya vikṛtiḥ /
āha- saptagrahaṇaṃ kimartham ?
ucyate- saptagrahaṇamavadhiparicchedārtham / akriyamāṇe hi saptagrahaṇe na jñāyate kriyānprakṛtigaṇaḥ prakṛtivikṛtisaṃjño bhavati / tatra mahābhūtendriyaparvaṇorapi prakṛtitvaṃ prasajyeta /
āha- naitadasti prayojanam / pariśeṣasiddheḥ / iha bhavatāṃ pañcaśikhānāṃ pañcaviṃśatistattvāni / tatra mūlaprakṛtiravikṛtirityuktam, ṣoḍaśakastu vikāro na prakṛtirna vikṛtiḥ puruṣa iti vakṣyati / pariśeṣataḥ saptaivāvaśiṣyante / tasmānnārthastadarthena saptagrahaṇena /
ucyate- ahaṃkāraparigrahārtham / evaṃ tarhi naivāhaṃkāro vidyata iti patañjaliḥ / mahato'smipratyayarūpatvābhyupagamāt / tatparihārārthametad bhaviṣyati /
āha, na / uttaratra parigrahāt / etadasti nāsti prayojanam / vakṣyati hi mahatā kaṇṭhenopariṣṭādācāryaḥ "prakṛtermahāṃstato'haṅkāra" (ISk 22) iti tenaivedaṃ siddham / nārthastadarthenāpi saptagrahaṇena /
ucyate- rūpabhede'pi tattvābhedajñāpanārtham / evaṃ tarhi dharmādīnyaṣṭau rūpāṇi buddhervakṣyamāṇāni, ahaṃkāraśca vaikārikataijasabhūtādirūpatvāt trilakṣaṇo vakṣyamāṇaḥ / tatra rūpabhedāttattvabhedo mā bhūdityevamarthaṃ saptagrahaṇaṃ kriyate /
āha, hetumantareṇāpratipatteḥ / kaṇṭhoktamapi yuktimantareṇa na tarkaśīlāḥ pratipadyante kimpunaḥ kleśopapāditam / tasmādatra samādhirvācyaḥ kathamanekarūpā buddhirekaiveti ?
ucyate na, uttaratra vicāraṇāt / uttaratraitadvicārayiṣyāmaḥ kimanekarūpāvirbhāve'pi tadeva tadvastu bhavati āhosvidrūpabhedāttattvabhedaḥ ? tasmādiha tāvaddṛśyatāmiti siddhaṃ mahadādyāḥ prakṛtivikṛtayaḥ sapteti /

ṣoḍaśakastu vikāraḥ

ṣoḍaśaparimāṇasya so'yaṃ ṣoḍaśakaḥ saṃghaḥ / tasya parimāṇaṃ saṃkhyāyāḥ saṃjñāsaṃghasūtrādhyayaneṣviti kanpratyayaḥ /
āha- kaḥ punarayaṃ ṣoḍaśaka iti ?
ucyate - pañca mahābhūtāni, ekādaśendriyāṇi /
tuśabdo'vadhāraṇārthaḥ /
āha- śakyaḥ punarayamartho'ntareṇāpi tuśabdamavāptum / katham ? mahadādyāḥ prakṛtivikṛtayaḥ sapteti hyupadiṣṭaṃ purastāt / tato'haṅkāratamātrapūrvakatve siddhe sati indriyamahābhūtaparvaṇoḥ punaḥ śruterniyamo bhaviṣyati / tadyathā pañca pañcanakhā bhakṣyā ityatra kṣutpratīkārasamarthānāṃ dravyāṇāmarthādeva sarveṣāṃ bhakṣaṇe samprāpte punaḥ śruterniyamo bhavati, tadvadidaṃ draṣṭavyam / iṣṭato'vadhāraṇārthaṃ iti cet syānmatam / iṣṭato'vadhāraṇārthastarhi tuśabdo bhaviṣyati / kathaṃ nāma ṣoḍaśako vikāra eveti yathā vijñāyate, ṣoḍaśakastu vikāra ityevaṃ mā jñāyīti / yadyevamasthāne tarhi tuśabdaḥ paṭhitaḥ / ṣoḍaśako vikārastviti vaktavyam / atha mataṃ vṛttaparipūranārthamayamasminpradeśe paṭhitastuśabdo yatra nirdoṣastatraivāyaṃ draṣṭavya iti / etadanupapannam / kasmāt ? asandehāt / mahadādyāḥ prakṛtivikṛtayaḥ saptetyapadiṣṭe kimiti sāṃśayikā bhaviṣyāmaḥ / tasmātpelavamasya pāṭhe prayojanaṃ paśyāmaḥ / athāyamabhiprāyaḥ syāt yadyapyetadarthataḥ siddhaṃ tathāpyayamācāryaḥ sphuṭapratipattyarthamavadhāraṇaṃ pratyādriyate / kiṃ kāraṇam ? yasmāt vicitrāḥ sūtrakārāṇāmabhiprāyagatayaḥ / tadyathā bhagavān pāṇiniḥ na kye, rātsasyetyevamādiṣvantareṇa prayatnamiṣṭato'vadhāraṇe siddhe anyatra ajādī guṇavacanādeva stautiṇyoreva ṣaṇyabhāsādityevamādiṣu yatnaṃ karoti / tadvadihāpi draṣṭavyamiti / etadanupapannam / kasmāt ? aśakyatvāt / sati vā punaravadhāraṇārthatve tuśabdasya kathamivātra śakyamavadhāraṇaṃ pratipattum ? yāvatā mahābhūtānāmapi śarīrādilakṣaṇaṃ kāryamupalabhyata iti / tatra kecit samādhimāhuḥ / śarīrādīnāmanarthāntarabhāvātpṛthivyādīnāmaprakṛtitvam / yasmāt kila pṛthivyādīnāṃ sanniveśaviśeṣamātraṃ kāryaṃ muṣṭigranthikuṇḍalādivannārthāntarabhūtam / ata eṣāmaprakṛtitvamiti / etaccānupapannam / kasmāt ? aviśeṣāt / sarvameva hi sāṃkhyānāṃ kāryamanarthāntarabhūtam / tatraitasyāṃ kalpanāyāṃ sarvatattvānāmaprakṛtitvaṃ prasajyeta / athaitadaniṣṭaṃ, satkāryavyāghātaḥ / anye punarāhuḥ- apariṇāmitvānmahābhūtānāṃ viakaritvānavadhāraṇamiti / tadapyanupapannam / kasmāt ? pratyakṣopalabdheḥ / pratyakṣata evopalabhyate mahābhūtānāṃ kalilāṅkurakṣīrādipariṇāmaḥ / anumānagrāhyastu tattvāntarāṇām / tadetadadharottaraṃ bhavati / tasmādayuktametat /
āha - na tarhi idaṃ pratipattavyaṃ ṣoḍaśako vikāra eveti ?
ucyate- pratipattavyam / kiṃ kāraṇam / tattvāntarānupapatteḥ / iha puruṣārthena hetunā sāmyātpracyutānāṃ guṇānāṃ yo'yaṃ mahadādirviśeṣānto vipariṇāmaḥ sa tattvāntarotpattiniyamena vyavatiṣṭhate / na tu pṛthivyādibhyastattvāntarotpattirasti / tasmādeteṣāṃ vikāratvameveti / kiṃ cānyat / grāhakāntarābhāvāt / yathā tanmātrairārabdheṣu pṛthivyādiṣu ahaṃkārāttadyogyaṃ grāhakāntaramindriyalakṣaṇamutpadyate, naivaṃ pṛthivyādivikārāṇāṃ ghaṭādīnāṃ grāhakāntaramasti / tasmānna tattvāntaram / ataśca pṛthivyādayo vikārā eveti / kiṃ cānyat / pradhāne prakṛtibhāvapratyastamayavatteṣu vikārabhāvapratyastamayāt / yathā pradhānātsūkṣmataramavasthāntaraṃ nāstīti tatra prakṛtibhāvasya pratyastamayastathā teṣu vikārabhāvapratyastamayaḥ / tasmādyuktamucyate ṣoḍaśako'yaṃ vikāra eveti /
āha- puruṣe tarhi kā pratipattiriti ?
ucyate-

na prakṛtirna vikṛtiḥ puruṣaḥ // ISk_3 //

puruṣo na hyayamavasthāntaraṃ pratipadyate / no khalvapyavasthāntarasyāvasthāntaraṃ bhavatīti /
āha- naitadyuktimantareṇa śraddhīyate, tasmādupapādyatāṃ kathamasyāprakṛtitvamavikṛtitvaṃ ceti /
ucyate- prakṛtitvānupapattiḥ / uttaratra pratividhānāt / tasmācca viparyāsādityatra (ISk 19) yuktimupadekṣyāmaḥ / tasmāttāvadasyāprakṛtitvam / avikṛtitvaṃ pradhānavat / yathā pradhānamevamayamapi puruṣaḥ kriyamāṇaḥ kāraṇāntarairīśvarādibhirnārabhyate / kasmāt ? pratiṣedhāt / yathā kāraṇāntarāṇi na santi tathottaratra pratiṣedhaḥ kariṣyate / puruṣāntaraiḥ samatvāt / samāḥ sarve puruṣāḥ / na ca samānāṃ kāryakāraṇabhāvo dṛṣṭaḥ / kiṃ ca niṣkriyatvāt śuddhatvāccaiṣāṃ vipariṇāmalakṣaṇā parispandalakṣaṇā vā kriyā vibhutvādanupapannā / kasmāt ? eṣāmitaretarānārambhakatvāt / na guṇairbhinnajātīyakatvāt / ihācetanā guṇā ityetatpratipādayiṣyāmaḥ / yacca yenārabhyate tacca tanmayaṃ bhavati / yadi guṇaiḥ puruṣāṇāmārambhaḥ tadā teṣāmapyacetanatvaṃ syāt, cetanāstu te / tasmānna guṇairārabhyanta iti siddhametat /
kiṃcitkāraṇameva na kāryam / kiṃcitkāraṇaṃ kāryaṃ ca / kiṃcitkāryameva / kiṃcinnaiva kāraṇaṃ naiva kāryamiti caturvidhaṃ kāraṇavṛttaṃ pratipāditam / etetpratijñāpiṇḍasūtram / atra yadapadiṣṭaṃ bhavadbhirasmin śāstre prameyamityavagantavyam // 3 //