Mimansa Chapter Of Bhavyas Madhyamaka Hrdaya Karika

Author(s): Shinjo Kawasaki
Publisher: Shinjo Kawasaki

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Verse No. 11: yad ihâsti tad anyatra yan néhâsti na tat kvacit(1) |ḥdi la gan yod gshan la yod|lḥdi la gan med hgah lahan min
catusţaye'pi dharmâdau ta[n nai])vânyatra dřśyate chos la sogs pa bshi po yaň| |de ñid gshan naħań mthon ba min|
Verse No. 13: düşayitvā trayi[-]märgam hetubhir hetuvādinaḥ(1) Igtan tshigs smra bas gtan tshigs kyis| lam gsum po ni sun ḥbyin tel
anumāna-pradhānatvāt [sva]-nayam” dyotayanti ye|| Irjes su dpag pa gtsor gyur phyir| |ran gi lugs ni gsal byed gan
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Verse No. 14: pāda-sparsād iv[ândhānām visame]” pathi dhāvatām(1) llon ba rkan" paḥi tshod dpags kyis |ñam nahi lam du rgyug pa Itar|
anumāna-pradhānānām pātaḥ teşām na durlabhaḥ|| Irjes su dpag(D32a) pa gtsor ḥdsin rnams||ltun bar dkah ba ma yin no
1) RS. tad evânyatra, corrected on the basis of Tib. 2) RS. praghătatvāt sa(? sva)nayam 3) RS. päda-sparśad ivaddha...vişaye 4) P. lon ba rgad paņi
5) "Whatever is here, in the Veda, for instance, the group of four, Dharma-kama-artha-mokşa is in all other philosophical doctrines, too. What is not found in Veda, on the other hand, is not in any other heretical teachings, either. So, the foundation for the group of four, Dharma-kamaartha-mokşa, is supplied only by the Veda." (TJ. D27666)
A set formula similar to this verse can be found in the opening part of the Mahabharata: "What we find in this book relating to morals, relating to practical life, relating to sensual pleasure and relating to salvation, can be found elsewhere; but what is not written therein, can be found nowhere else in the world.
dharme cârthe ca kāme ca mokşe ca bharatarsabha
yad ihästi tad anyatra yan néhästi na tat kvacit (MBh. I, 56, 83) W. S. Sukthankar ed., Vol. 1, Adiparvan Pt. I (Poona, 1933), p. 244; Cf. M. Winternitz: History of Indian Literature, Vol. 1 (2nd ed. Delhi, 1972), p. 326.
6) "What is known as the Three-folded Way cannot be set aside through logical reasoning. As it is said as follows: As the Dharma of those endowed with love and learning,
with its auxilaries, gives nourishments to reasoning, The completion of the Four (dharma-kama-artha-mokşa)
could not be pursued by logical reasoning.' Some people, logicians, go too far in this direction. Those people, who try to establish their own theories by means of refutation of the Three-folded Way, do not believe what they have before their
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