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Pratyayaparīkṣā nāma prathamaṃ prakaraṇam

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nāgārjuna kṛta

madhyamakaśāstram|



pratyayaparīkṣā nāma prathamaṃ prakaraṇam|



anirodhamanutpādamanucchedamaśāśvatam|

anekārthamanānārthamanāgamamanirgamam||1||



yaḥ pratītyasamutpādaṃ prapañcopaśamaṃ śivam|

deśayāmāsa saṃbuddhastaṃ vande vadatāṃ varam||2||



na svato nāpi parato na dvābhyāṃ nāpyahetutaḥ|

utpannā jātu vidyante bhāvāḥ kkacana kecana||3||



catvāraḥ pratyayā hetuścālambanamanantaram|

tathaivādhipateyaṃ ca pratyayo nāsti pañcamaḥ||4||



na hi svabhāvo bhāvānāṃ pratyayādiṣu vidyate|

avidyamāne svabhāve parabhāvo na vidyate||5||



kriyā na pratyayavatī nāpratyayavatī kriyā|

pratyayā nākriyāvantaḥ kriyāvantaśca santyuta||6||



utpadyate pratītyemānitīme pratyayāḥ kila|

yāvannotpadyata ime tāvannāpratyayāḥ katham||7||



naivāsato naiva sataḥ pratyayo'rthasya yujyate|

asataḥ pratyayaḥ kasya sataśca pratyayena kim||8||



na sannāsanna sadasan dharmo nirvartate yadā|

kathaṃ nirvartako heturevaṃ sati hi yujyate||9||



anālambana evāyaṃ san dharma upadiśyate|

athānālambane dharme kuta ālambanaṃ punaḥ||10||



anutpanneṣu dharmeṣu nirodho nopapadyate|

nānantaramato yuktaṃ niruddhe pratyayaśca kaḥ||11||



bhāvānāṃ niḥsvabhāvānāṃ na sattā vidyate yataḥ|

satīdamasmin bhavatītyetannaivopapadyate||12||



na ca vyastasamasteṣu pratyayeṣvasti tatphalam|

pratyayebhyaḥ kathaṃ tacca bhavenna pratyayeṣu yat||13||



athāsadapi tattebhyaḥ pratyayebhyaḥ pravartate|

apratyayebhyo'pi kasmātphalaṃ nābhipravartate||14||



phalaṃ ca pratyayamayaṃ pratyayāścāsvayaṃmayāḥ|

phalamasvamayebhyo yattatpratyayamayaṃ katham||15||



tasmānna pratyayamayaṃ nāpratyayamayaṃ phalam|

saṃvidyate phalābhāvātpratyayāpratyayāḥ kutaḥ||16||