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YOGADRȘTISAMUCCAVA
बोधरोगः शमापायः श्रद्धाभङ्गोऽभिमानकृत् । कुतर्कश्चेतसो व्यक्तं भावशत्रुरनेकघा ॥८७॥ bodharogaḥ samāpāyaḥ śraddhābhango'bhimanakri | kutarkaś cetaso vyaktañ bhāvašalrur anekadha 1187||
Logic-chopping is a disease of uuderstanding and a disturber of mental peace; again, it shatters faith (in religious truths) and produces vanity. Thus obviously and in a number of ways it is a veritable enemy of man's mind.
कुतर्केऽभिनिवेशस्तन्न युक्तो मुक्तिवादिनाम् । युक्तः पुनः श्रुते शीले समाधौ च महात्मनाम् ॥८८॥ kularke'bhinivesas tan na puklo muktivādināni / yuktah punah śrute sile samadhau ca niahalmanām 1188//
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Attachment for logic-choppiog is therefore vot proper on the part of the largehearted ones; on the other hand, an attachment for noble conduct and for meditative concentration is proper on their part.
बीजं चास्य परं सिद्धमवन्ध्यं सर्वयोगिनाम् । परार्थकरणं येन परिशुद्धमतोऽत्र हि ॥८९॥
bijaṁ cāssa parañ siddham avandhyam sarvayoginām / parārthakaranan pena parisuddham alo'tra hi 1189||
Now doing good to others has been proved to be the ultimate seed of all these (i.e. of scriptures, noble conduct and meditative concentra. tion), a seed about which it is the experience of all yogins that it never fails to yield fruit. And since this doing good to others is a pure act an attachment for it too is proper.
अविद्यासङ्गता प्रायो विकल्पाः सर्व एव यत् । तद्योजनात्मकश्चैष कुतर्कः किमनेन तत् ॥९०॥
ayidyasangalā prāyo dikalpah sarva eda yat / tadyojanālmakaś caisa kutarkah kini anena tal
Almost all the alternatives set forth in the course of a piece of argumentation are associated with ignorance while logic-chopping consists in a mere arrangement of alternatives. What purpose then does logicchopping serve ?
