ईश्वरप्रत्यभिज्ञाकारिका
Īśvarapratyabhijñākārikā
- 1 idam etādṛgityevaṃ yad vaśād vyavatiṣṭhate vastu pramāṇaṃ tat … That by force of which a thing becomes definitely established as 'this is of such a kind'…
- 2 so 'ntas tathāvimarśātmā deśakālādyabhedini ekābhidhānaviṣaye mitir vastuny abādhitā That (appearance), inner, whose nature is the reflective awareness 'this is such', is the…
- 3 yathāruci yathārthitvaṃ yathāvyutpatti bhidyate ābhāso 'py artha ekasminn … The appearance is differentiated according to one's taste, need, and learning, even in…
- 4 dīrghavṛttordhvapuruṣadhūmacāndanatādibhiḥ yathābhāsā vibhidyante deśakālāvibhedinaḥ By qualifiers such as long, round, upright, man, smoke, and sandalwood-ness, (the…
- 5 tathaiva sadghaṭadravyakāñcanojjvalatādayaḥ ābhāsabhedā bhinnārthakāriṇas te padaṃ dhvaneḥ In the same way, (the qualifiers) being, pot, substance, gold, brightness, and so on —…
- 6 ābhāsabhedād vastūnāṃ niyatārthakriyā punaḥ sāmānādhikaraṇyena pratibhāsād abhedinām A determinate causal efficacy of things arises in turn from the difference of appearances…
- 7 pṛthagdīpaprakāśānāṃ srotasāṃ sāgare yathā aviruddhāvabhāsānām ekakāryā tathaikyadhīḥ Just as the separate flames of (several) lamps (merge in one light), or as streams…
- 8 tatrāviśiṣṭe vahnyādau kāryakāraṇatoṣṇatā tattacchabdārthatādyātmā pramāṇād ekato mataḥ In that undifferentiated fire and the like, (the cluster of) causality, effect-hood,…
- 9 sā tu deśādikādhyakṣa-ntarabhinne svalakṣaṇe tātkālikī pravṛttiḥ syād arthino … But with respect to the bare particular — divided off by a distinct perception of place…
- 10 dūrāntikatayārthānāṃ parokṣādhyakṣatātmanā bāhyāntaratayā doṣair vyañjakasyānyathāpi vā Of objects (the appearances differ) by their being far or near, imperceptible or…
- 11 bhinnāvabhāsacchāyānām api mukhyāvabhāsataḥ ekapratyavamarśākhyād ekatvam anivāritam Even for (appearances) bearing the trace of distinct manifestations, unity is not…
- 12 arthakriyāpi sahajā nārthānām īśvarecchayā niyatā sā hi tenāsyā … Causal efficacy too is not innate to the objects;
- 13 rajataikavimarśe 'pi śuktau na rajatasthitiḥ upādhideśāsaṃvādād dvicandre 'pi … Even when there is the single awareness '(this is) silver', there is no real…
- 14 guṇaiḥ śabdādibhir bhedo jātyādibhir abhinnatā bhāvānām ittham ekatra … Thus the difference of entities — by qualities such as sound and the rest — and their…
- 15 viśvavaicitryacitrasya samabhittitalopame viruddhābhāvasaṃsparśe paramārthasatīśvare When the Lord — truly real, untouched by any contrary or by non-being, comparable to a…
- 16 pramātari purāṇe tu sarvadā bhātavigrahe kiṃ pramāṇaṃ navābhāsaḥ … — but with respect to the cognizing subject, primordial, his form ever-manifest,…
- 17 apravartitapūrvo 'tra kevalaṃ mūḍhatāvaśāt śaktiprakāśeneśādivyavahāraḥ pravartyate Here, then, what was never hitherto undertaken — merely through the force of delusion —…