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Loka-tattva-nirnaya: A Critical Study
111 As regards the philosophical discussion, the three main topics treated are Jīva, Jagat, and īśvara, about which different systems hold different views. These views are criticized in this work. Prior to the discussion of all these topics, Haribhadrasūri advises the speaker/instructor to test the assembly. He says:
Bhavyābhavya-vicāro na hi yukto ‘nugraha-pravsttānām/
Kāmaṁ tathā “pi pūrvaṁ parīkṣitavyā budhaiḥ parişad // i.e. although it is not proper for great men who are out to oblige the persons prone to liberation, even then wise men should test the assembly before launching on the task.
Some of the verses of this small work have been drawn from the Bhagavad-gītā, as shown below:
LTN., Vs. Contd. BG., Vs. Part No. No. Vs. No. Chap. No. No.
1 52 52 13 1
í 53 53 15 1 - 2 2 77 15
16 6 81
5
14 2 23
2 24 2 .. 13
6 5
8
83
• The Vss. Nos. 70 and 71 are quotations from the Samkhyakārikā Vss. Nos. 22 and 3, respectively. The introductory portion of Part II, resembles with the Svetāśvtara Upanişad Vs. 3.15 and 3.9. The LTN Vs., viz., Yad ejati yan nejati yad dūre yad u antike / Yad antar asya sarvasya yad u sarvasyāsya bāhyataḥ // , is drawn from the īśa Upanişad, 5. The LTN Vs. of the Part II, is but the Vs. No. 33, commencing with the words “Etāvān eva loko yaṁ. . . .' of the Șad-darśana-samuccaya.
Now, after this discussion about the external form of the work, let us look into its internal form. After the Mangalācarana
