Nyayavatara and Nayakarnika

Author(s): Siddhasena Divakar, Vinayvijay, A N Upadhye
Publisher: Jain Sahitya Vikas Mandal

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Naya-karnikā
No wound, bruise or scratch can possibly be healed by the application of the general property of poultice-ness or ointment-ness. The healing properties only inhere in specific poultices or ointments. 10. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE STRAIGHT EXPRESSION (RJUSŪTRA-NAYA):
ऋजुसूत्रनयो वस्तु नातीतं नाप्यनागतम् ।
मन्यते केवलं किंतु वर्तमानं तथा निजम् ॥ ११ ॥
rjusutra-nayo vastu nātītam nāpy anāgatam | manyate kevalam kimtu vartamānam tathā nijam || 11
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[Ṛjusūtra straight expression; nayo a standpoint; vastu an object; na not; atītam past; na not; api even; anāgatam future; manyate considers; kevalam solely, only; kimtu but; vartamānam present; tathā and; nijam one's own, natural state ].
The straight expression (rjusūtra-naya) does not trouble itself with the past nor the future aspect of a thing; it is only confined to the present and refers to the 'nijam', i.e., the natural state. 11.
EXPLANATION:-This standpoint does not consider the past because of its having ended, nor the future because of its having not arisen, but solely deals with the present and natural aspect of a thing because that alone is kāryakārin, i.e., useful for the moment. ARGUMENT AS TO THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE STRAIGHT EXPRESSION STANDPOINT:
अतीतेनानागतेन परस्कीयेन वस्तुना ।
न कार्यसिद्धिरित्येतदसद्गगनपद्मवत् ॥ १२ ॥
atitenānāgatena paraskiyena vastunā |
na kāryasiddhir ity etad asad gagana-padmavat || 12