Verses on Sāṃkhya 15.1

15.1

antarapraśno bhavati triguṇamaviveki viṣaya ityādi pradhānaṃ vyaktaṃ ca vyākhyātaṃ tatra pradhānamupalabhyamānaṃ mahadādi ca triguṇamavivekyādīti ca kathamavagamyate tatrāha /

Here an intervening question arises: Primary matter and the manifest have been described by [the words] “having the three fundamental qualities, non-discriminating, objective,” and so forth. In that regard, how is it known that the unobserved primary matter, as well as the great principle and the rest, has the three fundamental qualities, is non-discriminating, and so on? To this he says: