sa hovāca yājñavalkyaḥ-etad vai tad yat pṛṣṭavatyasi kasminnu khalvākāśa otaśca protaśceti, kiṃ tat? akṣaram-yanna kṣīyate na kṣaratīti vākṣaram-tadakṣaraṃ he gārgi brāhmaṇā brahmavido 'bhivadanti | brahmaṇābhivadanakathanena-nāhamavācyaṃ vakṣyāmi na cana pratipadyeyam-ityevaṃ dopadrayaṃ pariharati | evamapākute praśne punargārgyāḥ prativacanaṃ draṣṭavyam-brūhi kiṃ tadakṣaram? yad brāhmaṇā abhivadanti, ityukta āha-prasthūlaṃ tat sthūlādanyat, evaṃ tarhyaṇu? anaṇu, astu tarhi hasvam, ahasvam;evaṃ tarhi dīrgham, nāpi dīrghamadīrgham;evametaiścaturbhiḥ parimāṇapratiṣedhairdravyadharmaḥ pratiṣidvaḥ, na dravyaṃ tadakṣaramityarthaḥ | astu tarhi lohito guṇaḥ, tato 'pyanyadalohitam;āgneyo guṇo lohitaḥ;bhavatu tarhyapyāṃ snehanam, na, asnehanam;astu tarhicchāyā, sarvathāpyanirdeśyatvāt, chāyāyā apyanyadacchāyam;astu tarhi tamaḥ, atamaḥ;bhavatu vāyustarhi, avāyuḥ;bhavettarhyākāśam, anākāśam;bhavatu tarhi saṅgātmakaṃ jatuvat, asaṅgam'raso 'stu tarhi, arasam';tathā gandho 'stvagandham;astu tarhi cakṣuḥ, acakṣuṣkam-na hi cakṣurasya karaṇaṃ vidyate 'to 'cakṣuṣkam;"paśyatyacakṣuḥ"iti mantravarṇāt | tathāśrotram;"sa śṛṇotyakarṇaḥ"iti;bhavatu tarhi vāgavāk;tathāmanaḥ;tathātejaskam-avidyamānaṃ tejo 'sya tadatejaskam;na hi tejo 'gnyādiprakāśavadasya vidyate;aprāṇam-ādhyātmiko vāyuḥpratiṣidhyate 'prāṇamiti;mukhaṃ tarhi dvāraṃ tadamukham;amānnam-mīyate yena tanmātram amātraṃ mātrārūpaṃ tanna bhavati, na tena kiñcinmīyate;astu tarhicchidravat, anantaram-nāsyāntaramasti;sambhavet tarhi bahistasya, abāhyam;astu tarhi bhakṣayitṛ tat na tadaśnāti kñcina;bhavettarhi bhakṣyaṃ kasyacit, na tadaśnāti kaścana;sarvaviśeṣaṇarahitamityarthaḥ;ekamevādvitīyaṃ hi tat kena kiṃ viśiṣyate || 8 || anekaviśeṣaṇapratiṣedhaprayāsādastitvaṃ tāvadakṣarasyopagamitaṃ śrutyā;tathāpi lokabudvimapekṣyā śaṅkyate yataḥ, ato 'stitvāyānumānaṃ pramāṇamupanyasyati-
