Sarvadarshanasangraha 14.40

14.40

nanv acetanaṃ pradhānaṃ cetanānadhiṣṭhitaṃ mahadādikārye na vyāpriyate/ ataḥ kenacic cetanenādhiṣṭhātrā bhavitavyam/ tathā ca sarvārthadarśī parameśvaraḥ svīkartavyaḥ syād iti cet — tad asaṃgatam/ acetanasyāpi pradhānasya prayojanavaśena pravṛttyupapatteḥ/ dṛṣṭaṃ cācetanaṃ cetanānādhiṣṭhitaṃ puruṣārthāya pravartamānaṃ yathā vatsavivṛddhyartham acetanaṃ kṣīraṃ pravartate yathā ca jalam acetanaṃ lokopakārāya pravartate tathā prakṛtir acetanāpi puruṣavimokṣāya pravartsyati/ tad uktam —

Here, however, it may be objected, "But will not your unintelligent Nature, without the superintendence of something intelligent, fail to produce these effects, intellect, &c.? therefore there must be some intelligent superintendent; and hence we must assume an all-seeing, supreme Lord." We reply that this does not follow, since even unintelligent Nature will act under the force of an impulse; and experience shows us that an unintelligent thing, without any intelligent superintendent, does act for the good of the soul, just as the unintelligent milk acts for the growth of the calf, or just as the unintelligent rain acts for the welfare of living creatures; and so unintelligent Nature will act for the liberation of the soul. As it has been said in the Kārikā (§ 57)—