Kārikā 19

āha, siddhamātmano nānātvam /
sākṣitvakaivalyamādhyasthyadraṣṭṛtvākartṛtvānāmidānīṃ kasmāddhetoḥ pratipattiriti ?
ucyate-

tasmācca viparyāyātsiddhaṃ sākṣitvamasya puruṣasya /
kaivalyaṃ mādhyasthyaṃ draṣṭṛtvamakartṛbhāvaśca // ISk_19 //

tasmādityanena hetusāmānyamācaṣṭe / caśabdo'vadhāraṇe / viparyāsāditi sāmānyena hetumupāttaṃ viśeṣe'vasthāpayati / siddhaṃ sākṣitvamasya puruṣasyetyevamādinā sādhyadharmanirdeśaṃ karoti / tatra sākṣitvamityanena guṇānāṃ pravṛttāvastvātantryaṃ khyāpayati, pradhānasya tadarthanibandhanatvātpravṛtteḥ /
adhiṣṭhātṛtvaṃ kathamiti ?
ucyate- yathā hi kriyāsākṣiṇi kasmiṃścidavasthite kartā tadicchānuvidhāyī kāryaṃ nirvartayati, na svatantraḥ, evaṃ pradhānamapi / pravṛttinivṛttyoryathā puruṣasyārthaḥ sidhyati tathā mahadahaṅkāratanmātrendriyabhūtadevamanuṣyatiryaksthāvarabhāvena vyūhate, na yadṛcchātaḥ / tasmātpuruṣastadarthaparatantratvātpradhānapravṛttinivṛttyoḥ sākṣī / kaivalyamityanena saṃsargadharmatvamātmano nivartayati, na yathā sattvādīnāṃ paraspareṇa prakāśādidharmāpekṣāṇāṃ saṃsargaḥ, evaṃ puruṣasya tairbhavati / mādhyasthyamityanenātiśayanihrāsānupapatteḥ puruṣasya guṇaiḥ saha bādhānugrahānupapattiṃ svakāryapravṛttau cāpakṣapātaṃ darśayati / draṣṭṛtvamityanenodāsīnasya kāryakāraṇapiṇḍavyūhasamakālaṃ caitanyaśaktisadbhāvātsukhaduḥkhamohasvabhāvānāṃ guṇaceṣṭānāmanivṛttārthānāṃ sannidhānamātrādupalabdhimātraṃ pratijānāti / akartṛbhāvaścetyanena saptavidhamakartṛtvamāśrayati / na hyayaṃ viṣayeṣu bāhyāntaḥkaraṇasānnidhye'dhyavasāyaṃ kurute / na ca sattvādīnāṃ prakāśapravṛttiniyamalakṣaṇairdharmairitaretaropakāreṇa pravartamānānāṃ svena caitanyalakṣaṇena dharmeṇāṅgabhāvaṃ pratipadyate, nāpyaṅgibhāvam / evaṃ saha guṇaiḥ kāryaṃ na kurute strīkumāravat / sthitaprayogaṃ na kurute rathaśakaṭayantraprerakavat / na svātmano mṛtpiṇḍavat / na parataḥ kumbhakāravat / nāpyadeśānmāyākāravat / nobhayato mātṛpitṛvat / tadevamanena sūtreṇācāryaḥ puruṣasyādhiṣṭhātṛtvaṃ nairguṇyamaudāsīnyaṃ bhoktṛtvamakartṛtvaṃ ca sādhyatāmāpādya triguṇayādiviparyayaṃ sādhanatvenopanyati / taiḥ pañcabhistriguṇādiviparītaiḥ karmabhiḥ pañcānāmeṣāṃ yathāsaṃbhavaṃ pravṛttiravagantavyā /
yasmādayaṃ sukhādibhyo'rthāntarabhūtaḥ tasmādayaṃ tatkriyāsākṣī / tatra nairguṇyātsākṣitvam /
āha, tadasiddheḥ / nairguṇyāsiddheḥ / yadyasya sukhādidharmatvamātmanaḥ prasiddhaṃ syādata etadyujjate vaktum / tattvasiddham / tasmādayuktametat / viśeṣānabhidhānāditarātsiddhirapīti cet syānmatam, ātmaguṇāḥ sukhādayo na śabdaguṇā ityatrāpi bhavatā viśeṣo nābhidhīyate / tasmādetadapyasiddham / etadapyayuktam / kasmāt ? ahaṃkāreṇaikavākyatve bhinnādhikaraṇatvaṃ syāt / dṛṣṭaṃ tu sukhito'haṃ duḥkhito'hamiti / tasmātsukhaduḥkhayoḥ śabdādyātmabhāvo na yuktaḥ /
ucyate- na, gaurādiṣvanekāntāt / tadyathā gauraḥ kṛṣṇo'hamiti śarīradharmerātmano bhinnādhikaraṇatvamahaṅkāreṇa evaṃ sukhaduḥkhayorapi syāt / na cātmaguṇatvaṃ syāditi /
āha, pṛthagupalabdherayuktam / yadyapi gaurādīnāmavibhaktamahaṃkāreṇa grahaṇaṃ tathāpi pṛthagayaṃ prāgetānātmano gṛhītvā paścādavibhaktāngṛhṇanśaktnoti vyavasthāpayitumuṣyaite na punaramuṣyeti / na tvevaṃ sukhaduḥkhayoḥ pṛthagupalabdhiḥ / tasmādasadetaditi /
ucyate- naivamutpadyate / kasmāt ? mārgāntaragamanāt / ahaṃkāreṇāvibhaktagrahaṇādātmaguṇatvamiti prāgapadiṣṭam / idānīṃ tu satyapi tasminpṛthaggrahaṇādabhāvaṃ bruvato mārgāntaragamanamanaikāntikasya cāparihāraḥ / kiṃ cānyat, saṃśayāvyatirekāt / yata eva gaurādayaḥ pṛthagupalabhyante na sukhādayo eva saṃśayaḥ / na ca yata eva saṃśayastata eva nirṇayo yuktaḥ / tasmādyuktametad gaurādivadahaṅkāreṇāpyabhinnagrahaṇācchabdādyātmabhūtāḥ sukhādayaḥ / kiṃ cānyat / svabhāvānavadhāraṇādanupādānaprasaṃgāt / sukhādyātmakāḥ śabdādaya iti cet syānmataṃ, yathāgniḥ pākajanimittamupādīyate'tha caiṣāṃ pārthivatvamevaṃ śabdādayo'pi sukhādinimittatvenopādīyeran atha caiṣāmātmaguṇatvameva syāditi / tadapyanupapannam / kasmāt ? sāmānādhikaraṇyadarśanāt / yathā nimittasyāgnerna pākajaiḥ sāmānādhikaraṇyaṃ pakvo'gniḥ pacyate'gniriti evaṃ śabdādīnāṃ nimittatvānna sāmānādhikaraṇyaṃ syāt / sukhaśabdo duḥkha iti dṛṣṭaṃ tu / tasmānna teṣāṃ nimittārthenopādānamiti /
āha, evamapi sukhādīnāṃ śabdādyātmabhāvo na yuktaḥ / kasmāt ? vipratipatteḥ / yathā hi śabdāḥ śabdātmakā eti sarvaiḥ śabdarūpeṇa gṛhyante, evaṃ sukhātmako'yamiti sarvaistadrūpeṇa gṛhyate / dṛṣṭā tu vipratipattiḥ / tasmādātmaguṇā iti /
ucyate- na, saṃskāraviśeṣanimittatvāt / tadyathā pittādisāmarthānmādhuryādiṣu vipratipattiḥ / na caiṣāmaśabdādiguṇatvasaṃskāraviśeṣayogātsukhādiṣu vipratipattiḥ / na caiṣāmaśabdādiguṇatvamiti / kiṃ cānyat / nimittatve'pi tatprasaṃgāt / nimittavādino'pyetatsamānam / na hi nimittanaimittikayorvipratipattirasti / tadyathā pradīpaprakāśayoḥ / tataśca vipratipatternimittatvamapi śabdādīnāmakalpanīyaṃ syāt / yaśca dvayordoṣo na tamekaścodyata iti / ātmaguṇākāṃkṣitvādadoṣa iti cet syānmatam nimittapradhānatvādanyaparipākavaśena sukhaduḥkhenotpādayatyātmanaḥ / tanmayatve tu nirākāṃkṣatvātpradhānasya vyavasthābhedo na yukta iti / tacca naivam / kasmāt ? uktatvāt / tanmayatve'pi guṇabhāvānmādhuryādiṣu vipratipattirityādāvevoktametat / tasmāttanmayatve prādhānyamiti cāniścitābhidhānametat /
āha, evamapyayuktametat / kasmāt ? atītānāgateṣvapi tu dṛṣṭeḥ / tasmātsukhādīnāṃ śabdādyātmabhāvo na yukta iti /
ucyate- na, smṛtinimittatvād buddheḥ / ayamatītānāgateṣvapi śabdādiṣu smārtasukhaduḥkhayogo bhavati / tatsaṃparkāttu puruṣeṇa tathānubhūyate / puruṣaguṇatve tu pākajavannimittādutpannānāṃ sukhādīnāṃ viśeṣabhāvāttīvramandatānupapattiḥ syāt / tasmātsukhaduḥkhayoḥ śabdādyātmabhāvo na yuktaḥ / kiṃcānyat / anirmokṣaprasaṃgāt / dravyasya guṇairaviprayogātsukhaduḥkhayorātmaguṇatve satyātmanastābhyāmanirmokṣaprasaṃgaḥ / tasmāttayorātmaguṇatvamayuktamiti / śyāmādivattadvinivṛttiriti cet syānmatam, yathā śyāmaguṇatve satyaṇoragnisambandhāttadvinivṛttiḥ, śabdādiguṇatve cākāśasyāśabdakasyāvasthānamevamātmano'pi / etadayuktam / kasmāt ? viśeṣopādānaprasaṃgāt / sādhyatvācca, yathā hyaṇuḥ śyāmatāṃ parityajya rūpaviśeṣameva raktalakṣaṇamupādatte, na rūpavattāṃ tyajati, evamātmāpi bāhyanimittasāmarthyātsukhāntaraṃ duḥkhād duḥkhāntaramupādadīta / na te atyantaṃ jahyāt / tathā ākāśaṃ śabdalakṣaṇaṃ kasyāṃcidavasthāyāmaśabdakaṃ bhavatītyasmānprati sādhyo'yamarthaḥ / bheryādiśabdāstu tadguṇa eveti pratipādayiṣyāmaḥ tasmātsukhaduḥkhayoḥ śabdādyātmabhāvo'yuktaḥ / evamanāmiśrarūpa ātmā / tataścecchādveṣaprayatnadharmajñānasaṃskārāṇāmanekasvabhāvānāṃ parasparavirodhināṃ ca tadguṇatvamanupapannam / tasmādyuktametannirguṇa ātmā nairguṇyācca sākṣimātra iti kevalo viviktatvāt /
tasmādayaṃ guṇebhyaḥ pṛthagbhūtaḥ tasmātkevalaḥ na taiḥ saha saṃsargeṇa vartate /
āha, kaḥ punarasyātmano guṇebhyaḥ pṛthagbhāvo'bhipreta iti ?
ucyate- tadupakāranirapekṣāṇāṃ sattvādīnāṃ svakāryasāmarthyapṛthagbhāvaḥ / na hi sattvādayaḥ prakāśādibhirdharmairitaretaropakāreṇa vartamānāḥ puruṣakṛtamupakāramapekṣante / prakāśādidharmasannidhānamātrādeva tu pravartante / tathā ca vārṣagaṇāḥ paṭhanti "pradhānapravṛttirapratyayā puruṣeṇāparigṛhyamāṇādisarge vartante" iti / yasmādguṇāstadupakāranirapekṣāḥ pravartante tasmādasāvapi tatsaṃsarga nānubhavati / dṛṣṭā tu loke'pyekakāryatvāpṛthakpṛthagbhāvaparikalpanā / tadyathā ime bhrātaraḥ pṛthak, eṣāṃ naikaṃ kāryam / na pṛthagime yeṣāmekamiti /
madhyastho viṣayitvāt / yasmādayaṃ puruṣo viṣayī tasmānmadhyasthaḥ / kiṃ kāraṇam ? viṣayāṇāṃ hyatulyabalatvāt, nyūnātiśayopapatteśca paraspareṇa bādhānugrahāvutpannau / viṣayī cāyam / tasmānnāsti nyūnatādyupapattiḥ / tataścetanābhāvaḥ / na cāmiśrarūpatvātsaṅgadveṣau guṇaviṣayau, ato madhyasthaḥ ?
draṣṭṛtvaṃ caitanyāt / prakṛtivikārabhūtatvāt sattvādibhyaścaitanyamapoddhṛtya puruṣe vyavasthāpanīyam / na cācetanānāṃ draṣṭṛtvamupapadyate ityataḥ puruṣa eva caitanyād dṛṣṭā nānyattattvāntaram /
akartṛbhāvaḥ, aprasavadharmitvāt / prasavārtho dharmaḥ prasavadharmaḥ so'syāstīti prasavadharmī /
kaḥ punarasau prasavārtho dharma iti ?
ucyate- praspandanapariṇāmau / niṣkriyatvādakarteti yāvat / tadidamaprasavadharmitvādakarteti / kathamasya niṣkriyatvamiti cet ? caitanyāt / acetanānāṃ hi kṣīrādīnāṃ kriyāvattvamupalabdhaṃ, cetanasya na kasyacidityato niṣkriyaḥ puruṣaḥ / kiṃca anāmiśrarūpatvāt / anāmiśrarūpaṃ hi kriyādimatkṣīrādi / anāmiśrarūpaścāyam / tasmānniṣkriyaḥ / vibhutvāditi cet syādetat, yathā vibhutve sati pradhānasya sakriyatvamevaṃ puruṣasya iti vibhutve sakriyatvena bhavitavyamiti / tacca naivam / kasmāt ? dharmadvayasahitasya sāhacaryopalabdheḥ / tadvibhutvamācetanyānekarūpatvasahitaṃ kriyāvati dṛṣṭaṃ, na kevalam / na tu tathā puruṣe / tasmādviṣamametat / evaṃ niṣkriyaḥ puruṣaḥ niṣkriyatvācca pradhānātkāryakāraṇaṃ na kurute / kasmāt ? kriyāvataḥ kumbhakārasya mṛtpiṇḍātkāryaniṣpattisāmarthyadarśanāt / syādetat / utpāditasyānyena sthitiṃ kurute, dhātrīkumāravat / sthitasya vā prayogaṃ rathaśakaṭayantraprerakavaditi / etadapyanupapannaṃ, pūrvasmādeva hetoḥ athāpi syātsvataḥ puruṣaḥ kāryakaraṇaṃ kuruta iti tadapyayuktam / cetanācetanayoratyantabhedātprakṛtivikārabhāvānupapatteḥ / atha matamubhayata iti, tadapi naiva saṃbhavati, ubhayadoṣaprasaṃgāt / syātpunaretat avyapadiśya yoniṃ puruṣo'bhidhyānamātreṇa kāryakaraṇaṃ kurute ityasadetat / kasmāt ? anutpattāvabhidhyānānupapatteḥ / īśvarakāraṇapratiṣedhe'bhihitaṃ prāk pradhānavipariṇāmādbuddhimato buddhirnāsti / na ca buddhimantareṇābhidhyānamupapadyate, tadvṛttibhūtatvāt tathā buddhimatpūrvakasṛṣṭipratiṣedhaḥ kṛtaḥ / sa ihāpi yojyaḥ, adhyavasāyakartṛtvaṃ ca prākpratiṣiddham / evaṃ saptavidhenākartṛtvenākartā puruṣaḥ / uktaṃ ca
nādhyavasāyaṃ kurute puruṣo naivaṃ sthitiṃ prayogaṃ vā /
na svātmano na parato na vyapadeśānna cobhayataḥ //
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tasmācca viparyāsātsiddhaṃ sākṣitvamasya puruṣasya /
kaivalyaṃ mādhyasthyaṃ draṣṭṛtvamakartṛbhāvaśca // iti //

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