Nyāyasūtra

Adhyāya 2, Āhnika 1, Sūtra 68

kiṃ punaḥ pratiṣedhahetūddhārād eva śabdasya pramāṇatvaṃ sidhyati? na, ataś ca—

kiṃ punar āyurvedasya prāmāṇyam? yat tad āyurvedenopadiśyate idaṃ kṛtveṣṭam adhigacchati, idaṃ varjayitvāniṣṭaṃ jahāti, tasyānuṣṭhīyamānasya tathābhāvaḥ satyārthatāviparyayaḥ/ mantrapadānāṃ ca viṣayabhūtāśanipratiṣedhārthānāṃ prayoge 'rthasya tathābhāva etatprāmāṇyam/ kiṃkṛtam etat? āptaprāmāṇyakṛtam/ kiṃ punar āptānāṃ prāmāṇyam? sākṣātkṛtadharmatā bhūtadayā yathābhūtārthacikhyāpayiṣeti/

566 āptāḥ khalu sākṣātkṛtadharmāṇaḥ idaṃ hātavyam idam asya hānihetur idam asyādhigantavyam idam asyādhigamahetuḥ iti bhūtāny anukampante/ teṣāṃ khalu vai prāṇabhṛtāṃ svayam anavabudhyamānānāṃ nānyad upadeśād avabodhakāraṇam asti/%vai prāṇabhṛtāṃ svayam anavabudhyamānānāṃ nānyad upadeśād avabodhakāraṇam asti/] 567 na cānavabodhe samīhā varjanaṃ vā, na vākṛtvā svastibhāvaḥ, nāpy asyānya upakārako 'py asti/ hanta vayam ebhyo yathādarśanaṃ yathābhūtam upadiśyāmaḥ ta ime śrutvā pratipadyamānā heyaṃ hāsyanty adhigantavyam evādhigamiṣyantīti/ evam āptopadeśaḥ etena trividhenāptaprāmāṇyena parigṛhīto 'nuṣṭhīyamāno 'rthasya sādhako bhavati; evam āptopadeśaḥ pramāṇam/ evam āptāḥ pramāṇam/ dṛṣṭārthenāptopadeśenāyurvedenādṛṣṭārtho vedabhāgo 'numātavyaḥ pramāṇam ity āptaprāmāṇyasya hetoḥ samānatvād iti/ asyāpi caikadeśo grāmakāmo yajeta ity evamādir dṛṣṭārthaḥ, tenānumātavyam iti/ loke ca bhūyān upadeśāśrayo vyavahāraḥ/ laukikasyāpy upadeṣṭur upadeṣṭavyārthajñānena parānujighṛkṣayā yathābhūtārthacikhyāpayiṣayā ca prāmāṇyam,

568 tatparigrahād āptopadeśaḥ pramāṇam iti/ draṣṭṛpravaktṛsāmānyāc cānumānam/ ya evāptā vedārthānāṃ draṣṭāraḥ pravaktāraś ca ta evāyurvedaprabhṛtīnām ity āyurvedaprāmāṇyavad vedaprāmāṇyam anumātavyam iti/ nityatvād vedavākyānāṃ pramāṇatve tatprāmāṇyam āptaprāmāṇyād ity ayuktam/ śabdasya vācakatvād arthapratipattau pramāṇatvaṃ na nityatvād/ nityatve hi sarvasya sarveṇa vacanāc chabdārthavyavasthānupapattiḥ/ nānityatve vācakatvam iti ced na, laukikeṣv adarśanāt/ te 'pi nityā iti cet na, anāptopadeśād arthavisaṃvādo 'nupapannaḥ/ nityatvād dhi śabdaḥ pramāṇam iti/

569 anityaḥ sa iti cet? aviśeṣavacanam/ anāptopadeśo laukiko na nitya iti kāraṇaṃ vācyam iti/ yathāyogaṃ cārthasya pratyāyanād nāmadheyaśabdānāṃ loke prāmāṇyaṃ nityatvāt prāmāṇyānupapattiḥ/ yatrārthe nāmadheyaśabdo niyujyate loke tasya niyogasāmarthyāt pratyāyako bhavati, na nityatvāt/ manvantarayugāntantareṣu cātītānāgateṣu sampradāyābhyāsaprayogāvicchedo vedānāṃ nityatvam,

570 āptaprāmāṇyāc ca prāmāṇyam; laukikeṣu śabdeṣu caitat samānam iti//68//

iti vātsyāyanīye nyāyābhāṣye dvitīyādhyāyasyādyam āhnikam/