Verses on Sāṃkhya 36.6

36.6

purāṇapuruṣādagneriva viṣphuliṅgāḥ pratiśarīraṃ puruṣā ityasminnapi darśane puruṣabahutvamastyeva / teṣāṃ parasparavilakṣaṇatvāt te purāṇapuruṣādabhinnā bhinnā veti darśanadvayam / tadanyatra vivāritatvādiha granthagauravabhayānnopanyastamasmābhiriti // 18 //

Even in the doctrine that conscious spirits are in each body like sparks from a fire from the ancient conscious spirit, the multiplicity of conscious spirits certainly exists, because they are distinct from one another. Whether they are non-different or different from the ancient conscious spirit is two views. Since that has been explained elsewhere, we have not presented it here for fear of increasing the length of the text. (18)