jātir vā dravyaṃ vā padārthāv ity uktam | tatra vājapyāyanadarśanena jātiṃ viśeṣaṇabhūtāṃ padārthaṃ vyavasthāpya vyāḍidarśanena viśeṣyarūpaṃ dravyam api padārthaṃ vyavasthāpayituṃ yathādarśanaṃ tad eva paryāyāntarair uddiśati |

ihārthakriyāyāṃ dravyam evopayujyata iti tad eva pravartakam arthinām | ataḥ śabdena Ltad evocyate | anabhidhīyamānā tu jātir avacchedikā mādhuryādaya iveti dravyavādināṃ darśanam | dravyaṃ ca dvividham, pāramārthikaṃ sāṃvyavahārikaṃ ca | tatra dvitīyaṃ bhedyabhedakaprastāvena guṇasamuddeśe vakṣyate ityādinā | anena ca dravyeṇa vyāḍidarśane sarve śabdā dravyābhidhāyino bhavanti |

iha tu pāramārthikaṃ dravyaṃ nirūpyate | tathā hi ātmā advaitavādibhir ātmaśabdena tad_ dravyam uktam | ātmaiva hy upādhibhinnaṃ pratibhāsamānaṃ ‘dravyaṃ padānām arthaḥ’ iti teṣāṃ darśanam ihaiva vakṣyamāṇam |

vastu svalakṣaṇam arthakriyākāri dravyam iti śākyair uktam |

svabhāvaḥ iti Lsattādvaidvatavādibhiḥ svabhāva ātmabhūtā satteti kṛtvā | tathā hi kramarūpopasaṃhāre sattaiva sattvam iti svasaṃbandhibhir upahitabhedā saiva dravyam |

prakṛter ekadeśaḥ cetanaḥ puruṣaḥ tad_dvāreṇa śarīraśarīriṇor avyatirekāt_ śarīram_ dravyaṃ pradhānam eveti prākṛtikaiḥ śarīram evaika ātmā yeṣāṃ taiḥ śarīrātmavādibhir ucyate |

tattvam_ iti caturbhūtatattvavādibhiś cārvākair dravyam ucyate | pṛthivyaptejovāyur iti tattvāni, tatsamudāye śarīrendriyaviṣayasaṃjñā iti vacanāt | tad evam etaiḥ paramārthata ekam eva vastūcyate |

dravyam ity asya iti | dravyaṃ nāma yaḥ padārthaḥ, tasyaita eva paryāyāḥ | eteṣām eva pāramārthikarūpābhidhāyitvāt | nānye ghaṭādiśabdāḥ | saty api tadabhidhāyitve vakṣyamāṇanayenātmādiśabdānām eva sarvatra ghaṭādāv avyāhataprasaratvam | tathā ca bhāṣyam— atrātmaśabda udake prayujyamāno dravyavacanaḥ | ākṛtidvāreṇa cānye śabdā dravye vartante | ime tu tatparityāgena mukhyayā vṛttyeti viśeṣaḥ | ity atra iti vadatā bhāṣyakāreṇa nityaṃ dravyaṃ smṛtam | saṃgrahoktasya tasyārthasyānuvādāt_ smṛtam_ ity āha |

yady api śākyādidarśane nityaṃ na bhavati dravyaṃ tathāpi tanmatasyānabhyupagamād adoṣaḥ | kevalaṃ yad asmākaṃ dravyam anyair evam abhidhīyata ity evam atropanyāsaḥ | yad vā bhāṣyānusāreṇa svarūpānyathātvānāpattiḥ vikārabhede 'pi nityatvaṃ vivakṣitam eveti sarvatra tatsiddhiḥ || 1 ||

evaṃ darśanāntarāśrayaṇenoddiṣṭeṣv api dravyabhedeṣu svasiddhāntāśrayeṇa sārvatrikīṃ dravyapadārthavyavasthāṃ kartum āha—

iha sarvaśabdānāṃ pāramārthikaṃ tattvaṃ spraṣṭum aśaktānām anekopādhiviṣayanihitapadānāṃ tadrūpāliṅganaṃ vyavahāre samālakṣyate | upādhīnāṃ cāgamāpāyavaśavidhuritanijasvarūpāṇām arthisārthasamāśāpūraṇapratihataśaktitvān na tāvaty eva paryavasānam ity upalakṣitarūpapṛṣṭhapātinaḥ śabdā vyavasthāpyante | avadhṛtarūpaniveśitvāc ca śabdānām avadhāraṇānusāram arthe pravṛttiḥ, avadhṛtiś cākāradvāreṇa | nirākārasya buddhyupārohāyogāt | yathāpratyayaṃ bhedāvasāyasya bādhyamānatvād anuyāyy abhinnam eva rūpaṃ paramārthataḥ | tad eva brahmarūpaṃ satyam || 2 ||

syād etat | upādhiṣu śabdānāṃ viśrāntyabhāve śabdārthopādhitvaṃ teṣāṃ na syāt | avācyasya tadupādhitvāyogād ity etad vicārayitum āha—

‘ado devadattasya gṛhaṃ yatrāsau kākaḥ prativasati’ ity atrāniyatasvāmikagṛhopalakṣaṇāyopalakṣaṇabhūtasya kākasyotpatite 'pi tasminn upalakṣaṇasya kṛtatvād_ adhruvatvam anityatvam iti tadanādareṇaiva tadupalakṣitaṃ gṛham abhidhīyate gṛhaśabdena yathā tathā prakṛtisaṃbandhād asatyopādhyupalakṣitaṃ satyam upādhirūpānādareṇa śabdair abhidhīyata ity anabhidhīyamānasyāpy abhidhānaviṣayaniyāmakatvād upalakṣaṇatve saty upādhitvaṃ nidarśanena samarthitam | tathā hi— ity anubandhasyāprayogasamavāyitvād adhruvasyopalakṣaṇatve tadrahitasya śuddhasya pratyayarūpasya saṃjñā'prasaṅga ity atredaṃ bhāṣye nidarśanam uktam || 3 ||

Lnanu kāko 'tivilakṣaṇād_ gṛhād_ bhedenāvadhāryamāṇo mā bhūd_ gṛhaśabdābhidheyaḥ | ghaṭādayas tv ākārāḥ pṛthaganupalabhyamānatattvāḥ katham iva tacchabdair nābhidhīyeran | anyo hy upādhir upalakṣaṇabhūtaḥ sāmānādhikaraṇyenāvacchedakaḥ | tad yathā dṛtiharir ity atra paśuḥ | anyat tu viśeṣaṇam apṛthak_cchabdavācyam uparañjakam | tad yathā vāneyam udakam iti vanīsaṃbandhopādhīyamānarūpaviśeṣam udakam abhidhīyate iti vanīsaṃbandho viśeṣaṇam uparañjakatayābhidheyatvam āpadyata iti | tathā coktam— ity āśaṅkya sadṛśataram atra nidarśanam āha—

rucakakuṇḍalādyākāraviśeṣopādhīyamānarūpabhedam api sarvatrānapāyirūpaṃ satyam iti apāyibhiḥ ākāraviśeṣais tatsādhyārthakriyā'karaṇān na tatraiva rucakādiśabdāḥ kṛtapadasaṃbandhāḥ | kin tu tadatiricyamānam arthavastv abhidhāyakatvena samāviśanti, tadvat_ prakṛtisaṃbandhād ākāropahitanānātvam api paratattvaṃ śabdagocara ity arthaḥ | tatra ca apāyibhir iti hetunirdeśaḥ sādhyasamakakṣyatayā kṛtaḥ, tataś copādhīnām avācyatvam asatyatvaṃ ca siddhyati | asatyatvād evārthakriyā'karaṇāt tadarthaṃ ca śabdavyavahārād avācyatvaṃ teṣām ity arthaḥ |

nanu rucakādau prakṛtyanvayo 'vadhāryata eva | ihāpi vastūnāṃ jñāyamānatvena sattvāt, jñānasya vaikalpikākārānavasthānān nirākāraśuddhasaṃvinmātrānugamasya svasaṃvit_ siddhatvād adoṣaḥ | nanu viśeṣaṇoparaktaṃ viśeṣyābhidhānaṃ yuktam ity upasarjanībhūtasyābhidhāne kā kṣatiḥ | na kācit, kevalam upādhiṣv evātra tātparyadṛṣṭyā padabandho nivāryate, guṇatvena tv abhidhānam astu, na tāvaty eva viśrāntir iti dravyaniṣṭhatāsiddhiḥ || 4 ||

ata eva viśeṣaṇoparāgāt_ sāṅkaryadoṣaṃ parihartum āha |

sarvabhāveṣu brahmaṇo dravyalakṣaṇasyābhedāt tadabhidhāyitve śabdānāṃ sarvatra tasya bhāvāt_ sārvārthyaṃ śabdāntarābhidhīyamānārthatvaṃ sāṅkaryaṃ prasajyetety atredam ucyate | pratiLniyatākāraparicchinnavṛttitvāt_ sarvārthatvapratibandhād asaṅkara ity arthaḥ |

ghaṭākāropadhānapuraḥsaraṃ ghaṭaśabdena brahmadravyam abhimukhīkriyate, paṭākāropadhānena tu paṭaśabdenetyādy upādhirūpopahitavivekitvam abhidhānīyam | tad yathā nāḍikāśuṣiravartmanihitanayanās tadavakāśāvasthitam evārthabhāgaṃ paśyanti | tathāvidyāvacchinnadṛk_śaktibhir ākārabhedair eva vastūpalakṣyate | tathaiva ca yathādhyavasāyaṃ śabdaniveśāc chabdair evābhidhīyata ity arthaḥ |

yathāvaraṇādinendriyasyaiva prakāśaśaktiḥ pratibadhyate, na viṣayo vikriyate tathānādyavidyāvacchedaprakalpitavibhāgānāṃ jīvānām eva saṃvedanaśaktir niyamyate, yena vicchinnārthābhidhānena bhedaviṣayāṇy abhidhānāni prayujyante, na tu tattvam avidyayāvilīkriyata iti nāḍikānidarśanena sūcayati | nāḍikādibhir ity ādigrahaṇād avadhānapratighātamūrttyabhijanādyavarodhaḥ | yatraiva hy avadhānaṃ tad eva hy avadhāryate | mūrttyabhijano rūpasaundaryaṃ tenāpahato 'nyaṃ na paśyati || 5 ||

ye tarhy ākāramātraniveśinaḥ sanniveśādiśabdāḥ te dharmamātram abhidadhyur iti sārvatrikī dravyapadārthavyavasthā viśīryetety āśaṅkyāha |

upādhimātrasvabhāveṣv api sanniveśādyākāreṣu sanniveśādiśabdā vartamānāḥ paramārthatas tattvād avyatirekād upādhīnāṃ tanniṣkarṣe svarūpasyāsvarūpatvāt tadātmanaiva sattvāt_ tad eva nityam upādhimad_ dravyam evam apy abhidhāne 'bhihitaṃ bhavati | tattvam ātmā hy upādhīnām, na tu te tasyātmāna iti vyāvartakatvāt_ sarva evopādhayas tadātmanā santaḥ tathaivābhidhīyante | yadā hy upādhimallīnatā tadopādhaya upādhayo na bhavanti | tatas tu niṣkarṣe dharmāntarāśrayatayā svātantryād upādhimattvam eva nopādhitvam ity āśayaḥ || 6 ||

yady evaṃ dharmāṇām avasthāntare dharmirūpatvān nityatve satyatve cākārāṇām asatyatvam, dravyasya tu satyatvam ity etasya niyamasyānupapattir ity āśaṅkyāha |

ayam atrārthaḥ | nehādvaitanaye satyāsatye dve rūpe staḥ, advaitahāniprasaṅgāt | kin tu pāramārthikam ekam evādvayaṃ tattvam | tac cānādisiddhāvidyāvilasitasahaṃ pramātṛviṣayatayā yathātattvam anavabhāsamānam ity anekavikalpaparighaṭitākārarūpatayā vyavahāram avatarati | tathā ca tad evākāranānātvonnīyamānasvarūpabhedaṃ cakāsti, nānyat | tad_vyatiriktasyānyasyābhāvāt |

tatra ca yo 'yaṃ prakāśaḥ sa vidyā | aprakāśas tu tamo 'vidyā | na ca prakāśābhāvo 'prakāśo nāma kaścit_ pramāṇasiddho nirūpyaḥ | tataś ca yo 'yaṃ bhedaprakāśaḥ sa evaikaghanaprakāśābhāvaḥ prakāśavicchedo 'vidyā | tatra vicchinnānvayo 'vacchedo 'vadhāryata iti vicchinnaprakāśaḥ satyā vidyaiva | vicchedamātraṃ tu apradhānasvabhāvaṃ na kiṃcid avidyeti paramārthavicāre na kiṃcit tattvaṃ vyavatiṣṭhate | tattvaLm eva yathāpratibhāsaṃ bhedena cakāsad avicāritaramaṇīyaṃ prapañco 'tattvam iti vyavahriyata iti brahmavidaḥ | tathā cāvicāritaramaṇīyaṃ parīkṣayā vyavasthāpitaṃ tattvam evābhinnaṃ tīrthikā bhedadarśanavyavasthitā bhedātmakam atattvaṃ manyanta iti vicāreṇāvidyāvilaye brahmaikaniṣṭhatā darśanānām | tad uktam | ityādi || 7 ||

evaṃ tena tena rūpeṇa brahmaiva vikalpitaṃ bhavatīti sarvaśabdānāṃ tattadupādhimukhaṃ tad eva viṣayaḥ siddha ity āha—

paramārthataḥ avikalpitaṃ vikalpānām aviṣayo yat tattvaṃ tad eva vyavahāre 'nyasyābhāvād vikalpamātram, vikalparūpaṃ nānāvidhabhedāvabhāsam, anādisiddhāvidyāvaśāt_ samavalambate jīvātmabhedenāvatiṣṭhamānaṃ tad_gatatveneti mūrtivivartāśrayadik_cchaktipravibhaktadeśanānātvaṃ nimittapaurvāparyāvalambanasaham | evam akālakalitam api tattvam anādinidhanaṃ kālākhyasvatantraśaktiviniveśitapratibandhābhyanujñāvaśāj janmādibhāvavikārābhidhīyamānapaurvāparyaṃ cakāstīty arthaḥ || 8 ||

nanv avidyamānasya tattve pratibhānam ayuktam ity āśaṅkya dṛṣṭāntenopapādayati |

vijñānavāde viṣayākārasya bhāvato 'satyatvān nīlādis tadgato dharmo jaḍo 'jaḍe jñāne 'saṃbhavī atyantam_ iti jaḍājaḍayor na kenacid aṃśena sārūpyam ity āha | tathā coktam— iti || 9 ||

athavā 'saṃbhavidharmācchuritaṃ vijñānaṃ viśuddhabodhasvabhāvam apy avidyāyāṃ vyavahāre 'vabhāsata iti iṣṭaṃ nidarśanāntaram āha—

sāṃkhyābhimatam avikṛtaṃ pradhānatattvaṃ sarvavikāragranthi bījāvastham abhinnam anupasṛṣṭam eva mahadādivikārarūpaiḥ paramārthataḥ | tad dhi mahadādivikāraśaktiyuktaṃ guṇasāmyāvasthātmakaṃ guṇavaiṣamyavimardavaśopajāyamānavikāranānātvād vilakṣaṇam iva | atha ca vyavahāre mahadādivikārarūpāvadhāraṇena vinā tadupalambhāsaṃbhava iti sarvadarśaneṣv avidyānvayinī | evam asatyākāropadhānena tattvapratibhāsaḥ siddha iti sādhyānvayo gṛhītaḥ || 10 ||

kathaṃ punar etad avagamyate ākārā asatyāḥ, tato 'nyat_ satyam ity āha |

iti bhāṣyānusāreṇaitad ucyate | tathā hi tatroktam | ity anenaiva dṛṣṭāntena vikārāpekṣayā bhinnasya brahmaṇaḥ satyatocyate | yathā hi tatra rucakādyākāropamardena suvarṇam ity eva satyam_ evam anantavikāragrāmāpāye sarvānte 'vatiṣṭhamānam anapāyi brahmarūpaṃ satyaṃ tad eva ca bhāvato nityam | āpekṣikaṃ tu jātyādīnāṃ vyavahāre nityatvam ucyate | Ltathā hi vyaktyapāye jātir avatiṣṭhamānā gotvādikā nityā | tatrāpy aśvatvādibhedatyāge pṛthivīty eva satyam | tatrāpy ap_tvādibhedāpāye vastv ity eva satyaṃ sarvanāmapratyāyyam | tatrāpi saṃvidrūpasyānapāyino 'nugamād_ viṣayākāraviveke tad eva pāramārthikaṃ satyam iti neti nety upāsīteti bhāvanāya codyate | saṃvic ca paśyantīrūpā parā vāk_ śabdabrahmamayīti brahmatattvaṃ śabdāt_ pāramārthikān na bhidyate | vivartadaśāyāṃ tu vaikharyātmanā bhedaḥ | tatra ca tad eva nityaṃ jātyādirūpeṇa śabdavācyam | tatrāpy āntaropādānaviśrāntyā vācakatvasya vyavasthāpanāt_ svarūpāntargatasyārthasya vācyatvād_ vācyavācakayor avibhāgaḥ siddha iti prathamakāṇḍe nirṇītam | ata evānantaram ihābhidhāsyati—

yad uktaṃ ‘tadātmeva ca tat tattvam atyantam atadātmakam’ iti tatrātyantam atadātmatāṃ tāvad_ vyācaṣṭe |

vaikārikasarvavyavahārātītatvāt_ pāramārthikena rūpeṇa vikārātmakaṃ tattvaṃ na bhavati | tathā hi— asti iti na śakyate vyavahartum | sattvopādhikasya svarūpasya tattvasvarūpāyogāt, tenātmanā vyavahārānavatārāt | nāpi nāsti iti abhāvopādhikasyāpy atathātvāt_ pramāṇena abhāvātmakasya tattvasyācoditatvāt |

ekasaṃkhyopādhīyamānasvarūpaviśeṣaṃ tattvaṃ na bhavati | nirupādhinaḥ tattvasya vastuto 'bhinnatvāt | Ltathā caikam ity apratīteḥ | nāpi pṛthak_tvāhitaviśeṣam, tadbhinnasyāsatyatvāt |

nāpi saṃsargopādhikaṃ, vibhāgopādhikaṃ vā, tato dvitīyasya pramāṇenānupapatteḥ, kuto 'bhinnaṃ vibhaktaṃ ca kena vā saṃsṛṣṭaṃ syāt |

pariṇāmaniṣedhena vivartābhyupagamān na vikṛtam | anekabhāvagrāmarūpatayā cādbhutayā vṛttyā vivartanād avikṛtam ity api na śakyate vyavahartum iti sarvavyapadeśātītaṃ tattvaṃ paraṃ brahma || 12 ||

atha ca tadātmevāvidyāyām avadhāryata ity āha |

bhāvābhāvavikārāvabhāsajananaśakti tad evāsti nāstīti ca sattāsattopādhikavyavahārasahaṃ bhāvatas tu niḥsattāsattaṃ niḥsadasat_ paraṃ brahma | vyāvahārikaṃ caikānekavyavahāraṃ jātivyaktyātmanā tad eva vartata iti saṃkhyopādhikam api ca | evaṃ saṃyogopādhikam api, anyasaṃsargitayāvabhāsanāt | evaṃ vivekāvasāyas tatra | tathā samastavikārātmanā janyamānam ivākāśādyātmanā kūṭasthatayā tad evāvabhāsata iti tadātmaiva tattvam ity uktam || 13 ||

evaṃ ca kṛtvā sarvasya tanmayatvād virodhino 'pi vyavahārās tatraivopalīyanta ity āha—

vācyavācakasambandhānāṃ bhāvato 'dvayarūpatā | tatra hy āntare tattve śrutyarthaśaktī saṃsṛjyete iti vivartadaśāyāṃ śrutyarthaśākhātmanā tasyaiva vikāśād vācyavācakarūpatayā bhedāvabhāsau, jñānajñeyarūpatayaivāvidyeti(rūpatayā vā 'vidyeti) brahmakāṇḍa eva prapañcenāyam artho 'smābhir nirṇīta iti tata evāvadhāryam |

draṣṭṛdṛśyarūpatayā ca tasyaiva vivartaḥ | tathā hi dṛśyaṃ tāvad bhāvajātaṃ saṃvidrūpārūḍham | vedyamānaikatvād eva vedanaikaparamārtham, aprakāśasya prakāśamānatāyogāt_ iti pūrvakāṇḍe advayasiddhau ca vitatya vicāritam | draṣṭāpi jīvātmā avidyākṛtāvacchedo niyataḥ saṃsārī bhoktā brahmaiva cetanatvād bhāvato bhedānupapatter iti tatraivāveditam | anena ca pradhānakartṛkarmarūpakārakanirdeśena kārakāntarasyāpy ākṣepāt_ siddharūpo vivartaḥ pratipāditaḥ |

darśanaśabdena ca pradhānakriyānirdeśakena kriyāntarasyākṣepāt_ sādhyasvabhāvakriyāvivarto 'py uktaḥ | kālaśaktyavacchinno hi kriyāvivartaḥ | dik_cchaktyavacchinnaś ca mūrtivivarta iti mūrtikriyāvivartarūpaṃ viśvaṃ pratipāditam |

Lprayojanaśabdena ca samastakriyāphalanirdeśa iti sādhyasādhanaphalarūpatayā viśvasaṃkalanāyām aśeṣavivartānuguṇyaṃ brahmaṇaḥ pratipāditam | etac ca— iti brahmakāṇḍe pratipāditam | tatraiva ca sarvatattvanirṇayo 'smābhir abhyadhāyi | prakhyopākhyātmakatvāc ca vyavahārasya dvitve śabdārthasambandharūpaṃ tad_ dṛśyaṃ darśanaṃ ceti bhedenātra nirdeśaḥ | etac cāvidyāmayaṃ rūpaṃ kathyate | pāramārthikan tu praśāntaprapañcarūpaṃ vakṣyati | iti || 14 ||(vā. kā. 2 saṃ. 72)

uktam idam ‘ākṛtisaṃhāre 'nte yad avatiṣṭhate tat_ satyam’ iti | tatraitat_ syāt | ante na kiñcid avatiṣṭhate | asad apadam evaitad_ viśvam āvirbhavatīty āśaṅkyāpi hetunā'bhinnakāraṇapūrvakatvam anvayamukhena dṛṣṭāntopakramaṃ sādhayitum āha—

kuṇḍalāvasthātmakavikārāpāye kuṇḍale suvarṇam ekaṃ satyam avatiṣṭhate yathā, tathā pṛthivyādivikāravigame 'nvayinī prakṛtir abhinnā satyāvatiṣṭhate ity upeyam | āhur iti āgamapramāṇasiddhatāṃ dhvanayati brahmaṇaḥ | tathā coktam— upodbalanamātraṃ cānumānam | tathā hi— nirupākhyād asato 'padād_ vikāraprādurbhāvo na yuktaḥ, abhāvasya bhāvarūpatvavirodhāt | na hi śaśaśṛṅgāt_ kasyacid udbhavo dṛśyate | asti ca vijñānarūpatayā jagaty anvaya iti tatpūrvakam evaitat | tathā ca vakṣyati— tasya cidrūpasya cicchaktir apariṇāminīti vikārābhāvān nedaṃ sāṃkhyanayavatpariṇāmadarśanam, api tu vivartapakṣaḥ | viśeṣaś cānayor vākyapadīye 'smābhir vyākhyāta iti tata evāvadhāryam | ihāpi sambandhasamuddeśe vakṣyate | kāraṇāntaravyudāsaś cādvayasiddhāv abhihita iti saty arthitve tata evāvagantavyaḥ || 15 ||

tad evam ātmaśabdābhidheyasya brahmaṇaḥ padārthaparamārtharūpatvāt_ dravyarūpatvam upapādya sarvaśabdavācyatvaṃ tasyaiva nigamayitum āha—

tattadupādhiparikalpitabhedabahulatayā vyavahārasyāvidyābhūyastve pratiniyatākāropādhīyamānarūpabhedaṃ brahmaiva sarvaśabdaviṣaya ity ukto 'rthaḥ | ātmā, brahma, tattvam, ityādayo 'pi hi śabdāḥ samavalambitopādhayo 'pi dravyātmānam anu parivartante | nirupādhino vāg_viṣayātītatvāt | vāṅ_manasātītaṃ hi tattvam ity upadiśanti brahmavidaḥ | ghaṭādiśabdāpekṣayā tv ātmādiśabdāḥ pratyāsannāḥ | sarvasya ca tanmayatvāc chabdā api tadātmakāḥ | yathāvibhaktaṃ prāk | abhede 'pi ca pāramārthike sāṃvṛto lokayātrāyāṃ bhedo 'satya itīvaśabdaḥ | ata eva dviṣṭhasambandhopapattiḥ || 16 ||

nanu cendrajālam idaṃ yad avadhṛtarūpabhedānām api bhāvānām anādṛtya tattvam anavasīyamānābhedaparamārthopadeśanam ity āśaṅkya dṛṣṭāntenaitat_ sādhayitum āha |

svapnāvasthāgataḥ prapañco jāgarayā bādhyamānatvād asatya iti sarvavādyabhyupagamaḥ | tenaiva dṛṣṭāntena jāgarāyām api bhāvabhedas turīyadaśāyām ananuvṛtter asatyo 'vasthāpyate | yat kila sarvāvasthāsv anugataṃ tad eva satyam | tac ca saṃvinmātrarūpam abādhyamānam | Lavasthābhedas tv āgamāpāyitvād_ bādhito 'san_ sukhaduḥkhādivat | tathā hi rāgādayaḥ sukhādayaś cāsvabhāvatvāt_ saṃvinmātrarūpaṃ na vikurvanti | tathāvasthābhedo 'py anekākārakāluṣyopahṛtaḥ |

tatra svapne viruddhākārollekho vaikalpikī dṛṣṭiḥ pratipramātṛniyatā | vaikalpiko hi manovyāpārānusārī saṃsārī bhoktā, sa ca bhāvataś cetanatvād_ brahmaiva | tathā ca tāvati svātantryān_ nirmitāv īśvaro 'nanyopādānān(t), bhāvān ābhāsyopabhuṅ_kte priyāpriyarūpatayā rāgadveṣādimayena saṃsāramohena svaparavibhāgānusārī parasaṃkathādiṣu | tadāhuḥ vedāntatattvanipuṇāḥ— Lbhokteti vacanāt_ pratyagātmasṛṣṭir iyam uktā | tasya ca sarveśvaratvāt_ brahmarūpatve sṛṣṭisāmarthyam uktam | sarvamayatvāc cānanyopādānavicitrabhāvaracanām ātmopādāna(nā)m āhuḥ | ata eva pravibhajyātmanātmānam iti kartṛkarmabhedābhāvāc ca vaikalpikatvam asyāḥ sṛṣṭeḥ sphuṭam uktam | bāhyopādānā tu jāgarāyām aiśvarī sṛṣṭir viśvaśabdavācyā sarvapramātṛsādhāraṇī |

sthiratvāsthiratvagrahāveśanimittas tu bhedaḥ | avidyāpravṛttirūpatvāt_ punar asatyatā samānaiva | kevalaṃ satyām avidyāyām aparo mohaś cicchakter āvārako nidrā nāma | tadvaśād atraiva bhrāntatvābhimāno 'rvāgdṛśām | paramārthadṛśāṃ tu jananamaraṇarahite 'pravibhakte kūṭasthe parasmin_ brahmaṇi cidānandarūpe sarvam eva jagaj jāgratsvapnādyavasthāgataṃ mūrtikriyāvivartarūpam asatyam | anvayicitsāmānyamātraṃ tu paramārtha iti siddham | viruddham upalabhyate iti vadann avidyāyāṃ virodham abhyupaiti | etad eva hy avidyāyāḥ Lsvarūpaṃ yad anupapadyamānam apy ābhāsopagamaṃ nayati, upapannatve vidyaiva syāt | tasmād asatyaprapañcaprakāśanaśaktir brahmaṇo 'nādisiddhā grāhyagrāhakayugalaṃ svānurūpam uparacayya jagannāṭyam ātanotīty avicāritaramaṇīyām imām apanayanti tattvadṛśaḥ || 17-18 ||

iti bhūtirājatanayahelārājakṛte prakīrṇaprakāśe dravyasamuddeśo nāma dvitīyaḥ ||