Viṃśatikā vijñaptimātratāsiddhi

māhāyāne traidhātukaṃ vijñaptimātraṃ vyavasthāpyate | cittamātraṃ bho jinaputrā yad uta traidhātukam iti sūtrāt | cittaṃ mano vijñānaṃ vijñaptiś ceti paryāyāḥ | cittam atra sasaṃprayogam abhipretaṃ | matram ity arthapratiṣedhārthaṃ |

vijñaptimātram evedam asadarthāvabhāsanāt | yadvat taimirikasyāsat keśoṇḍukādidarśanaṃ || 1 ||

na deśakālaniyamaḥ saṃtānāniyamo na ca | na ca kṛtyakriyā yuktā vijñaptir yadi nārthataḥ || 2 ||

kim uktaṃ bhavati | yadi vinā rūpādyarthena rūpādivijñaptir utpadyate na rūpādyarthāt | kasmāt kvacid deśa utpadyate na sarvatra | tatraiva ca deśe kadācid utpadyate na sarvadā | taddeśakālapratiṣṭhitānāṃ sarveṣāṃ saṃtānāniyama utpadyate na kevalam ekasya | yathā taimirikāṇāṃ saṃtāne keśādyābhāso nānyeṣāṃ | kasmād yat taimirikaiḥ keśabhramarādi dṛśyate tena keśādikriyā na kriyate na ca tad anyair na kriyate | yad annapānavastraviṣāyudhādi svapne dṛśyate tenānnādikriyā na kriyate na ca tad anyair na kriyate | gandharvanagareṇāsattvān nagarakriyā na kriyate na ca tad anyair na kriyate | tasmād asadabhāvāvabhāsane deśakālaniyamaḥ saṃtānāniyamaḥ kṛtyakriyā ca na yujyate | na khalu na yujyate | yasmāt |

svapna iva svapnavat | kathaṃ tāvat | svapne vināpy arthena kvacid eva deśe kiṃcid bhramarārāmastrīpurūṣādikaṃ dṛśyate na sarvatra | tatraiva ca deśe kadācid dṛśyate na sarvakālam iti siddho vināpy arthena deśakālaniyamaḥ |

pūyapūrṇā nadī pūyanadī | ghṛtaghaṭavat | tulyakarmavipākāvasthā hi pretāḥ sarve 'pi pūyapūrṇāṃ nadīṃ paśyanti naika eva | yathā pūyapūrṇām evaṃ mūtrapurīṣādipūrṇāṃ daṇḍāsidharaiś ca puruṣair adhiṣṭhitām ity ādigrahaṇena | evaṃ saṃtānāniyamo vijñaptinām asaty apy arthe siddhaḥ ||

siddha iti veditavyaṃ | yathā svapne dvayasamāpattim antareṇa śukravisargalakṣaṇaḥ svapnopaghātaḥ | evaṃ tāvad anyānyair dṛṣṭāntair deśakālaniyamādicatuṣṭayaṃ siddhaṃ |

yathā hi narakeṣu nārakāṇāṃ narakapālādidarśanaṃ deśakālaniyamena siddhaṃ | śvavāyasāyasaparvatādyāgamanagamanadarśanaṃ cety ādigrahaṇena | sarveṣāṃ ca naikasyaiva taiś ca tadbādhanaṃ siddham asatsv api narakapālādiṣu samānasvakarmavipākādhipatyāt | tathānyatrāpi sarvam etad deśakālaniyamādicatuṣtayaṃ siddham iti veditavyaṃ ||

kiṃ punaḥ kāraṇaṃ narakapālās te ca śvāno vāyasāś ca sattvā neṣyante | ayogāt | na hi te nārakā yujyante | tathaiva tadduḥkhāpratisaṃvedanāt | parasparaṃ yātayatām ime nārakā ime narakapālā iti vyavasthā na syāt | tulyākṛtipramāṇabalānāṃ ca parasparaṃ yātayatāṃ na tathā bhayaṃ syāt | dāhaduḥkhaṃ ca pradīptāyām ayomayyāṃ bhūmāv asahamānāḥ kathaṃ tatra parān yātayeyuḥ | anārakāṇāṃ vā narake kutaḥ saṃbhavaḥ | kathaṃ tāvat tiraścāṃ svargasaṃbhavaḥ | evaṃ narakeṣu tiryakpretaviśeṣāṇāṃ narakapālādīnāṃ saṃbhavaḥ syāt |

tiraścāṃ saṃbhavaḥ svarge yathā na narake tathā | na pretānāṃ yatas tajjaṃ duḥkhaṃ nānubhavanti te || 5 ||

ye hi tiryañcaḥ svarge saṃbhavanti te tadbhājanalokasukhasaṃvartanīyena karmaṇā tatra saṃbhūtās tajjaṃ sukhaṃ pratyanubhavanti | na caiva narakapālādayo nārakaṃ duḥkhaṃ pratyanubhavanti | tasmān na tiraścāṃ saṃbhavo yukto nāpi pretānāṃ ||

teṣāṃ tarhi (Vvs_5) nārakāṇāṃ karmabhis tatra bhūtaviśeṣāḥ saṃbhavanti varṇākṛtipramāṇabalaviśiṣṭā ye narakapālādisaṃjñāṃ pratilabhante | tathā ca pariṇamanti | yad dvidhāṃ hastavikṣepādikriyāṃ kurvanto dṛśyante bhayotpādanārthaṃ | yathā meṣākṛtayaḥ parvatā āgacchanto gacchanto 'yaḥśālmalīvane ca kaṇṭakā adhomukhībhavanta ūrddhvamukhībhavantaś ceti | na te na saṃbhavanty eva |

yadi tatkarmabhis tatra bhūtānāṃ saṃbhavas tathā | iṣyate pariṇāmaś ca kiṃ vijñānasya neṣyate || 6 ||

vijñānasyaiva tatkarmabhis tathā pariṇāmaḥ kasmān neṣyate kiṃ punar bhūtāni kalpyante ||

karmaṇo vāsanānyatra phalam anyatra kalpyate | tatraiva neṣyate yatra vāsanā kiṃ nu kāraṇaṃ || 7 ||

yena hi karmaṇā nārakāṇāṃ tatra tādṛśo bhūtānāṃ saṃbhavaḥ kalpyate pariṇāmaś ca tasya karmaṇo vāsanā teṣāṃ vijñānasaṃtānasaṃniviṣṭā nānyatra | yatraiva ca vāsanā tatraiva tasyāḥ phalaṃ tādṛśo vijñānapariṇāmaḥ kiṃ neṣyate | yatra vāsanā nāsti tatra tasyāḥ phalaṃ kalpyata iti kim atra kāraṇaṃ ||

āgamaḥ kāraṇaṃ | yadi vijñānam eva rūpādipratibhāsaṃ syān na rūpādiko 'rthas tadā rūpādyāyatanāstitvaṃ bhagavatā noktaṃ syāt | akāraṇam etad yasmāt |

rūpādyāyatanāstitvaṃ tadvineyajanaṃ prati | abhiprāyavaśād uktam upapādukasattvavat || 8 ||

yathāsti sattva upapāduka ity uktaṃ bhagavatā abhiprāyavaśāc cittasaṃtatyanucchedam āyatyām abhipretya |

iti vacanāt | evaṃ rūpādyāyatanāstitvam apy uktaṃ bhagavatā taddeśanāvineyajanam adhikṛtyety ābhiprāyikaṃ tad vacanaṃ ||

yataḥ svabījād vijñaptir yadābhāsā pravartate | dvividhāyatanatvena te tasyā munir abravīt || 9 ||

kim uktaṃ bhavati | rūpapratibhāsā vijñaptir yataḥ svabījāt pariṇāmaviśeṣaprāptād utpadyate tac ca bījaṃ yat pratibhāsā ca sā te tasyā vijñapteś cakṣūrūpāyatanatvena (Vvs_6) yathākramaṃ bhagavān abravīt | evaṃ yāvat spraṣṭavyapratibhāsā vijñaptir yataḥ svabījāt pariṇāmaviśeṣaprāptād utpadyate tac ca bījaṃ yat pratibhāsā ca sā te tasyā kāyaspraṣṭavyāyatanatvena yathākranaṃ bhagavān abravīd ity ayam abhiprāyaḥ ||

tathā hi deśyamāne pudgalanairātmyaṃ praviśanti | dvayād vijñānaṣaṭkaṃ pravartate | na tu kaścid eko draṣṭāsti na yāvan mantety evaṃ viditvā ye pudgalanairātmyadeśanāvineyās te pudgalanairātmyaṃ praviśanti |

anyatheti vijñaptimātradeśanā | kathaṃ dharmanairātmyapraveśaḥ | vijñaptimātram idaṃ rūpādidharmapratibhāsam utpadyate na tu rūpādilakṣaṇo dharmaḥ ko 'py astīti viditvā | yadi tarhi sarvathā dharmo nāsti tad api vijñaptimātraṃ nāstīti kathaṃ tarhi vyavasthāpyate | na khalu sarvathā dharmo nāstīty evaṃ dharmanairātmyapraveśo bhavati | api tu |

yo bālair dharmāṇāṃ svabhāvo grāhyagrāhakādiḥ parikalpatas tena kalpitenātmanā teṣāṃ nairātmyaṃ na tv anabhilāpyenātmanā yo buddhānāṃ viṣaya iti | evaṃ vijñaptimātrasyāpi vijñaptyantaraparikalpitenātmanā nairātmyapraveśāt vijñaptimātravyavasthāpanayā sarvadharmāṇāṃ nairātmyapraveśo bhavati na tu tadastitvāpavādāt | itarathā hi vijñapter api vijñaptyantaram arthaḥ syād iti vijñaptimātratvaṃ na sidhyetārthavatītvād vijñaptīnāṃ ||

kathaṃ punar idaṃ pratyetavyam anenābhiprāyeṇa bhagavatā rūpādyāyatanāstitvam uktaṃ na punaḥ santy eva tāni yāni rūpādivijñaptīnāṃ pratyekaṃ viṣayībhavanti iti | yasmāt |

na tad ekaṃ na cānekaṃ viṣayaḥ paramāṇuśaḥ | na ca te saṃhatā yasmāt paramāṇur na sidhyati || 11 ||

iti | kim uktaṃ bhavati | yat tadrūpādikam āyatanaṃ rūpādivijñaptīnāṃ pratyekaṃ viṣayaḥ syāt tad ekaṃ vā syād yathāvayavirūpaṃ kalpyate vaiśeṣikaiḥ | anekaṃ vā paramāṇuśaḥ | saṃhatā vā ta eva paramāṇavaḥ | na tāvad ekaṃ viṣayo bhavaty avayavebhyo 'nyasyāvayavirūpasya kvacid apy agrahaṇāt | nāpy anekaṃ paramāṇūnāṃ (Vvs_7) pratyekam agrahaṇāt | nāpi te saṃhatā viṣayībhavanti | yasmāt paramāṇur ekaṃ dravyaṃ na sidhyati ||

ṣaḍbhyo digbhyaḥ ṣaḍbhiḥ paramāṇubhir yugapad yoge sati paramāṇoḥ ṣaḍaṃśatā prāpnoti | ekasya yo deśas tatrānyasyāsaṃbhavāt |

atha ya evaikasya paramāṇor deśaḥ sa eva ṣaṇṇāṃ | tena sarveṣāṃ samānadeśatvāt sarvaḥ piṇḍaḥ paramāṇumātraḥ syāt parasparāvyatirekād iti na kaścit piṇḍo dṛśyaḥ syāt ||

naiva hi paramāṇavaḥ saṃyujyante niravayavatvāt | mā bhūd eṣa doṣaprasaṅgaḥ | saṃhatās tu parasparaṃ saṃyujyanta iti kāśmīravaibhāṣikās ta idaṃ praṣṭavyāḥ | yaḥ paramāṇūnāṃ saṃghāto na sa tebhyo 'rthāntaram iti |

atha saṃghātā apy anyonyaṃ na saṃyujyante | na tarhi paramāṇūnāṃ niravayavatvāt saṃyogo na sidhyatīti vaktavyaṃ | sāvayavasyāpi hi saṃghātasya saṃyogānabhyupagamāt | tasmāt paramāṇur ekaṃ dravyaṃ na sidhyati | yadi ca paramāṇoḥ saṃyoga iṣyate yadi vā neṣyate |

anyo hi paramāṇoḥ pūrvadigbhāgo yāvad adhodigbhāga iti digbhāgabhede sati kathaṃ tadātmakasya paramāṇor ekatvaṃ yokṣyate |

yady ekaikasya paramāṇor digbhāgabhedo na syād ādityodaye katham anyatra chāyā bhavaty anyatrātapaḥ | na hi tasyānyaḥ pradeśo 'sti yatrātapo na syāt | āvaraṇaṃ ca kathaṃ bhavati paramāṇoḥ paramāṇvantareṇa yadi digbhāgabhedo neṣyate | na hi kaścid api paramāṇoḥ parabhāgo 'sti yatrāgamanād anyenānyasya pratighātaḥ syāt | asati ca pratighāte sarveṣāṃ samānadeśatvāt sarvaḥ saṃghātaḥ (Vvs_8) paramāṇumātraḥ syād ity uktaṃ | kim evaṃ neṣyate piṇḍasya te chāyāvṛtī na paramāṇor iti | kiṃ khalu paramāṇubhyo 'nyaḥ piṇḍa iṣyate yasya te syātāṃ | nety āha |

yadi nānyaḥ paramāṇubhyaḥ piṇḍa iṣyate na te tasyeti siddhaṃ bhavati | saṃniveśaparikalpa eṣaḥ paramāṇuḥ saṃghāta iti vā ||

ekatve na krameṇetir yugapan na grahāgrahau | vicchinnānekavṛttiś ca sūkṣmānīkṣā ca no bhavet || 15 ||

yadi yāvad vicchinnaṃ nānekaṃ cakṣuṣo viṣayas tad ekaṃ dravyaṃ kalpyate pṛthivyāṃ krameṇetir na syād gamanam ity arthaḥ | sakṛtpādakṣepeṇa sarvasya gatatvāt | arvāgbhāgasya ca grahaṇaṃ parabhāgasya cāgrahaṇaṃ yugapan na syāt | na hi tasyaiva tadānīṃ grahaṇaṃ cāgrahaṇaṃ ca yuktam | vicchinnasya cānekasya hastyaśvādikasyaikatra vṛttir na syād yatraiva hy ekaṃ tatraivāparam iti kathaṃ tayor viccheda iṣyate | kathaṃ vā tad ekaṃ yat prāptaṃ ca tābhyāṃ na ca prāptam antarāle tac chūnyagrahaṇāt | sūkṣmāṇāṃ caudakajantūnāṃ sthūlaiḥ samānarūpāṇām anīkṣaṇaṃ na syād | yadi lakṣaṇabhedād eva dravyāntaratvaṃ kalpyate nānyathā | tasmād avaśyaṃ paramāṇuśo bhedaḥ kalpayitavyaḥ | sa caiko na sidhyati | tasyāsiddhau rūpādīnāṃ cakṣurādiviṣayatvam asiddham iti siddhaṃ vijñaptimātraṃ bhavatīti ||

pramāṇavaśād astitvaṃ nāstitvaṃ vā nirdhāryate sarveṣāṃ ca pramāṇānāṃ pratyakṣaṃ pramāṇaṃ gariṣṭam ity asaty arthe katham iyaṃ buddhir bhavati pratyakṣam iti |

sā ca yadā tadā | na so 'rtho dṛśyate tasya pratyakṣatvaṃ kathaṃ mataṃ || 16 ||

yadā ca sā pratyakṣabuddhir bhavatīdaṃ me pratyakṣam iti tadā na so 'rtho dṛśyate manovijñānenaiva paricchedāc cakṣurvijñānasya ca tadā niruddhatvād iti kathaṃ tasya pratyakṣatvam iṣṭaṃ | viśeṣeṇa tu kṣaṇikasya viṣayasya tadānīṃ (Vvs_9) niruddham evaṃ tad rūpaṃ rasādikaṃ vā ||

nānanubhūtaṃ manovijñānena smaryata ity avaśyam arthānubhavena bhavitavyaṃ tac ca darśanam ity evaṃ tadviṣayasya rūpādeḥ pratyakṣatvaṃ mataṃ | asiddham idam anubhūtasyārthasya smaraṇaṃ bhavatīti | yasmāt |

vināpy arthena yathārthābhāsā cakṣurvijñānādikā vijñaptir utpadyate tathoktaṃ |

tato hi vijñapteḥ smṛtisaṃprayuktā tatpratibhāsaiva rūpādivikalpikā manovijñaptir utpadyata iti na smṛtyutpādād arthānubhavaḥ sidhyati | yadi yathā svapne vijñaptir abhūtārthaviṣayā tathā jāgrato 'pi syāt tathaiva tadabhāvaṃ lokaḥ svayam avagacchet | na caivaṃ bhavati | tasmān na svapna ivārthopalabdhiḥ sarvā nirarthikā | idam ajñāpakaṃ | yasmāt |

evaṃ vitathavikalpābhyāsavāsanānidrayā prasupto lokaḥ svapna ivābhūtam arthaṃ paśyan na prabuddhas tadabhāvaṃ yathāvan nāvagacchati | yadā tu tatpratipakṣalokottaranirvikalpajñānalābhāt prabuddho bhavati tadā tatpṛṣṭhalabdhaśuddhalaukikajñānasaṃmukhībhāvād viṣayābhāvaṃ yathāvad avagacchatīti samānam etat ||

yadi svasaṃtānapariṇāmaviśeṣād eva satvānām arthapratibhāsā vijñaptaya utpadyante nārthaviśeṣāt | tadā ya eṣa pāpakalyāṇamitrasaṃparkāt sadasaddharmaśravaṇāc ca vijñaptiniyamaḥ sattvānāṃ sa kathaṃ sidhyati asati sadasatsaṃparke taddeśanāyāṃ ca |

sarveṣāṃ hi sattvānām anyonyavijñaptyādhipatyena mitho vijñapter niyamo bhavati yathāyogaṃ | mitha iti parasparataḥ | ataḥ saṃtānāntaravijñaptiviśeṣāt saṃtānāntare vijñaptiviśeṣa utpadyate nārthaviśeṣāt | yadi yathā svapne nirarthikā vijñaptir evaṃ jāgrato 'pi syāt kasmāt kuśalākuśalasamudācāro suptāsuptayos tulyaṃ phalam iṣṭāniṣṭam āyatyāṃ na bhavati | yasmāt |

katham upakramyamāṇānām aurabhrikādibhir urabhrādīnāṃ (Vvs_10) maraṇaṃ bhavti | atatkṛte vā tanmaraṇe katham aurabhrikādīnāṃ prāṇātipātāvadyena yogo bhavati |

maraṇam paravijñaptiviśeṣād vikriyā yathā | smṛtilopādikānyeṣāṃ piśācādimanovaśāt || 19 ||

yathā hi piśācādimanovaśād anyeṣāṃ smṛtilopasvapnadarśanabhūtagrahāveśavikārā bhavanti | ṛddhivan manovaśāc ca | yathā sāraṇasyāryamahākātyāyanādhiṣṭhānāt svapnadarśanaṃ | āraṇyakarṣimanaḥpradoṣāc ca vemacitraparājayaḥ | tathā paravijñaptiviśeṣādhipatyāt pareṣāṃ jīvitendriyavirodhinī kācid vikriyotpadyate yayā sabhāgasaṃtativicchedākhyaṃ maraṇaṃ bhavatīti veditavyaṃ ||

yadi paravijñaptiviśeṣādhipatyāt sattvānāṃ maraṇaṃ neṣyate | manodaṇḍasya hi mahāsāvadyatvaṃ sādhayatā bhagavatopālir gṛhapatiḥ pṛṣṭaḥ | kaccit te gṛhapate śrutaṃ kena tāni daṇḍakāraṇyāni mātaṅgāraṇyāni kaliṅgāraṇyāni śūnyāni medhyībhūtāni | tenoktaṃ | śrutaṃ me bho gautama ṛṣīṇāṃ manaḥpradoṣeṇeti |

yady evaṃ kalpyate | tadabhiprasannair amānuṣais tadvāsinaḥ sattvā utsāditā na tv ṛṣīṇāṃ manaḥpradoṣān mṛtā ity evaṃ sati kathaṃ tena karmaṇā manodaṇḍaḥ kāyavāgdaṇḍābhyāṃ mahāvadyatamaḥ siddho bhavati | tanmanaḥpradoṣamātreṇa tāvatāṃ sattvānāṃ maraṇāt sidhyati ||

yadi vijñaptimātram evedaṃ paracittavidaḥ kiṃ paracittaṃ jānanty atha na | kiṃ cātaḥ | yadi na jānanti kathaṃ paracittavido bhavanti | atha jānanti |

yathā tannirabhilāpyenātmanā buddhānāṃ gocaraḥ | tathā tadajñānāt tadubhayaṃ na yathārthaṃ vitathapratibhāsatayā grāhyagrāhakavikalpasyāprahīṇatvāt ||

vijñaptimātratāsiddhiḥ svaśaktisadṛśī mayā | kṛteyaṃ sarvathā sā tu na cintyā

sarvaprakārā tu sā mādṛśaiś cintayituṃ na śakyate | tarkāviṣayatvāt | kasya punaḥ sā sarvathā gocara ity āha |

buddhānāṃ hi sā bhagavatāṃ sarvaprakāraṃ gocaraḥ sarvākārasarvajñeyajñānāvighātād iti ||

viṃśatikā vijñaptimātratāsiddhiḥ | kṛtir iyam ācāryavasubandhoḥ |

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