Sarvadarshanasangraha 15.75

15.75

sattvapuruṣayor aham asmīty ekatābhimāno 'smitā/ tad apy uktaṃ — dṛgdarśanaśaktyor ekātmatevāsmitā iti/

"Egoism" (asmitā) is the notion that the two separate things, the soul and the quality of purity,[56] are one and the same, as is said (ii. 6), "Egoism is the identifying of the seer with the power of sight." "Desire" (rāga) is a longing, in the shape of a thirst, for the means of enjoyment, preceded by the remembrance of enjoyment, on the part of one who has known joy. "Aversion" (dveṣa) is the feeling of blame felt towards the means of pain, similarly preceded by the remembrance of pain, on the part of one who has known it. This is expressed in the two aphorisms, "Desire is what dwells on pleasure;" "Aversion is what dwells on pain" (ii. 7, 8).