Kārikā 20

yataścetanāśaktisambandhātpuruṣa eva draṣṭā nānyattattvāntaraṃ, guṇāśca kartāro, na puruṣaḥ

tasmāttatsaṃyogādacetanaṃ cetanāvadiva liṅgam /
guṇakartṛtve ca tathā karteva bhavatyudāsīnaḥ // ISk_20 //

puruṣasamparkād hi grahaṇadhāraṇavijñānavacanohāpohakriyā yathānyāyābhiniveśānāṃ karaṇadharmāṇāṃ pratyayarūpāṇāmivopalabdheścetanāśakteścādhyavasāyavṛttimanurudhyamānāyāstadbhāvasanniveśināṃ sattvādīnāṃ vyāpāravatāmabhisambandhād vyāpārāviṣṭāyā ivopalabdhiḥ / yatastatrāyamanekakālapravṛttamithyāpratyayābhyāsavāsanāpekṣo bhavabījaheturjñānaviśeṣaḥ prāṇabhṛtāmavabhāsate / śrotramupalabhyate tvakcakṣurjihvā ghrāṇamityādi / tathā puruṣaḥ karmaṇāṃ kartā, puruṣaḥ sukhaduḥkhayoriti / tasmātkaraṇasya grahaṇarūpatā puruṣasya ca kartṛrūpatā, sambandhyantarasamparkādanyagatānyatropalabhyamānā bhaktyādhyavasātavyā, na paramārthataḥ / uktaṃ ca

cetanādhiṣṭhātā buddhiścetaneva vibhāvyate /
kartṛṣvavasthitaścātmā bhoktā karteva lakṣyate //

āha, saṃyogātpararūpatāpattāvatiprasaṃgaḥ, aviśeṣāt / yadi cetanasaṃyogād buddhyādīnāṃ pratyayavadupacāraḥ vyāpitvādasya ghaṭādibhirapi saṃyogo na pratiṣidhyata ityataḥ prāptasteṣāmapi pratyayavadupacāraḥ / atha saṃyogāviśeṣātkaraṇānāmeva pratyayavadupacāro na ghaṭādīnāṃ, viśeṣastarhi vaktavya iti /
ucyate- tadaprasaṃgaḥ / śaktyapekṣatvāt sphaṭikādivat / yathopadhānasaṃyogaviśeṣe satyākāśasphaṭikayoḥ sphāṭikamevopadhanasarūpaṃ pratyavabhāsate śaktito nākāśam, evaṃ puruṣasaṃyogāviśeṣe buddhighaṭayoḥ śaktito buddhireva cetanārūpāpannevopalabhyate, na ghaṭaḥ /
āha, puruṣasya vikāryatvaprasaṃgaḥ, rūpāntaropādanāt / yadi tarhi karaṇasambandhātpuruṣaḥ kartṛtvopacāraṃ viṣayasarūpatāṃ ca pratipadyate, prāptamasyāpi sphaṭikavadrūpāntaropādānādvikāryatvam / atha nāsya viṣayarūpāpattiḥ, na tarhi karaṇasvarūpaḥ puruṣa iti /
ucyate- na, bhaktito'bhyupagamāt / buddhirupāttaviṣayendriyavṛttyupanipātāttādrūpyaṃ pratipadyate / buddhirūpaṃ tu sannidhānamātrācchaktiviśeṣayogātphalabhoktṛtvācca rājani bhṛtyajayaparājayopacāravatpuruṣa upacaryate / na tvasau buddhisaṃparkāttadrūpo bhavati / ata evāsya satyāṃ cetanāśaktau vyavasāyakartṛtvaṃ pratiṣidhyate, mā bhūt viṣayarūpāpattau satyāmanekasvabhāvatvādikāryatvaprasaṃgaḥ / tasmādviṣayasamparkādapyavikāryaḥ puruṣaḥ, na hyasya nityatvātkiṃcidanugrahāya nāpaghātāya / āha ca

muṣṭiryathā vikīrṇaḥ sūcyagre sarṣapādīnām /
tiṣṭhanti na sūkṣmabhāvāttadvad dvandvāni sarvajñe //

iti / cetanāśaktiyogāttu draṣṭṛtvamasya svābhāvikam / evaṃ cedyayuktaṃ

varṣātapābhyāṃ kiṃ vyomnaścarmaṇyasti tayoḥ phalam /
carmopamaścetso'nityaḥ khatulyaścedasatsamaḥ //

iti tadayuktam / kiṃ kāraṇam ? yasmādavikāryarūpasyākāśasya sannidhānamātrānmeghapayorajodhūmaprabhṛtibhirabhinnadeśatvādatyantaśuddhasyāpi malinamiva rūpamupalakṣyate, na ca vikāryatvam, evamanātmano'pi syāt / tadyuktametatpuruṣasaṃyogātkaraṇasya pratyayopacāraḥ, puruṣasya ca guṇasaṃyogātkartṛtvopacāra iti /
āha, ayuktametat / kasmāt ? saṃyogānupapatteḥ / puruṣasya hi guṇānāṃ ca saṃyogaḥ parikalpyamāno'nyatarakarmajo vā parikalpyate yathā sthāṇuśyenayoḥ, ubhayakarmajo yathā meṣayoḥ, saṃyogajo vā dvyaṅgulākāśayoḥ, svābhāviko vā yathāgnyuṣṇayoḥ, śaktinimitto vā yathā cakṣurūpayoḥ, yogyatālakṣaṇo vā yathā matsyodakayoriti ? tanna tāvadanyatarakarmaja ubhyakarmajaśca saṃyoga eṣāmupapadyate / kasmāt ? vibhutvāt / na svābhāvikaḥ anirmokṣaprasaṃgāt / yathāgneḥ svābhāvikādauṣṇyānmokṣo na bhavati evamātmanaḥ svābhāvikatvādguṇasaṃyogādanirmokṣaprasaṃgaḥ syāt / śaktinimittaśca / kim ? anirmokṣaprasaṃgādeva, sa na bhavatītyanuvartate / svasvāmiśaktinimitte hi saṃyoge parikalpyamāne śaktyoḥ satatāvasthānādanirmokṣa eva prasajyeta / yogyatālakṣaṇaḥ śaktimātrarūpatvādasaṃvedyo'tastadasiddhiḥ / kiṃca prayojanāntarānupapatteḥ / pravṛttyanuguṇaṃ hi yogyamityucyate / tasyā eva tu pravṛtte puruṣārthamapohya nimittāntaraṃ śakyaṃ kalpayitum / ākasmikatve ca niyamadvaitānupapattiḥ / tasmādayuktaṃ puruṣasya guṇānāṃ ca yogyatālakṣaṇaḥ sambandhaḥ / na yādṛcchikaḥ / mokṣakāraṇaniyamānupapatteḥ / saṃyogakāraṇapratidvandvaṃ kaivalyakāraṇam / yadi ca yādṛcchiko guṇapuruṣasaṃyogaḥ syāttasyājñānānnivṛttirnāstīti tadarthasyābhyutthānasyānarthakyaṃ prāptaṃ viśeṣānupapatteśca kāraṇāntaraṃ kalpayitum / ata etadapyayuktamiti / na vaiṣayikaḥ, anirmokṣaprasaṃgāt / satatameva hi puruṣasya viṣayitvamavyāvṛttaṃ guṇānāṃ ca viṣayatvamityanirmokṣaprasaṃga eva syāt / etāvāṃśca saṃyogaḥ parikalpyamānaḥ parikalpyeta / sarvathā ca nopapadyate / tasmāttatsaṃyogādityayuktamabhidhātumiti /
ucyate- saṃyogānityatvādiha caupakārikaparikalpanādadoṣaḥ / ihānekavidhaḥ saṃyogaḥ / tadyathā prāptipūrvikā prāptiḥ / yathodāhṛtaṃ anyataraja ubhayakarmajaḥ saṃyoga ityādi / yatrāsau na saṃbhavati tatra sannidhimātrasāmānyād bhaktyā kalpyate / tadyathākāśasya gavādibhiḥ / pradeśairiti cenna abhāvāt / te'pi hi niravayavatvādākāśasya bhaktyā kalpyante, mā bhūtkṛtakatvānityatvadoṣaprasaṃgaḥ / tasmātpradeśopacārātkāryamapyupacaritam / anyastu śāstrīyaḥ saṃyogo'rthanimittaḥ / tatrānekasaṃyogopapatteriha puruṣāntaḥkaraṇayorabhinnadeśatvātsannidhimātrasāmānyādbhāktaṃ saṃyogaṃ parikalpyaivamucyata ityadoṣaḥ // 20 //