Verses on Sāṃkhya 41
Jayamaṅgalā 41
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- Sanskrit
41.1
nanu pradhānapuruṣayoḥ kiṃ (kartṛtvaṃ) caitanyārthameva saṃyogaḥ, kiṃ vānyārthamapītyāha-
puruṣasya darśanārthaṃ kaivalyārthaṃ tathā pradhānasya /
paṃgvandhavadubhayorapi saṃyogastatkṛtaḥ sargaḥ //
[Objection:] Is the connection between primordial matter and conscious spirit for the purpose of consciousness [or agency] alone, or for another purpose as well? To this, he says:
For conscious spirit to see, and for the isolation of primordial matter,
The connection between both is like that of the lame and the blind; creation is effected by that. // 21
41.2
'puruṣasya'; ityādi / puruṣasyārtho dvividhaḥ, viṣayopabhogaḥ kaivalyaṃ ca / tadubhayaṃ pradhānena sampādyam / viṣayopabhogaśca pradhānavibhūtimantareṇa na sambhavati, iti darśanārthaṃ puruṣaḥ pradhānena saṃyujyate / mānaṃ svāṃ vibhūtiṃ darśayitumasamarthātpuruṣeṇa saṃyujyate (?) / dṛṣṭvā sa sarvāṃ vibhūtimanubhūya virasatvād viraktaḥ puruṣaḥ pradhānena tyajyate / tyaktasya kaivalyamityato darśanārthaṃ kaivalyārthaṃ ca dvayorapi saṃyogo matsyodakavadudumbaramaśakaśca //
"Of conscious spirit," and so forth. The purpose of conscious spirit is twofold: experiential enjoyment of sense objects, and isolation. Both of these are to be accomplished by primordial matter. And experiential enjoyment of sense objects is not possible without the manifestation of primordial matter; therefore, conscious spirit connects with primordial matter for the purpose of seeing. [...] Conscious spirit, having seen and experienced all her manifestation, being disaffected due to its lack of true flavor, is abandoned by primordial matter. For the abandoned one, there is isolation; hence, the connection of both is for the purpose of seeing and for the purpose of isolation, like fish and water, and the gnat and the fig tree.
41.3
'paṃgvandhavat'; iti / dṛṣṭāntaḥ / paṅguḥ sacakṣuḥ paśyati panthānaṃ na saṃcarati, andho 'pi saṃcarati na paśyati panthānam / tayoḥ svārthabhraṣṭayorgrāmaprāptyarthaḥ sambandho bhūtaḥ / tatra paṅgurandhaskandhamāruhya gatimān, andho 'pi draṣṭradhiṣṭhānāddṛṣṭimān jātaḥ / grāmaprāptayośca tayorviyogaḥ / evaṃ puruṣo niṣkriyaḥ pradhānena saṃyujya tadvibhūtidarśanāya devādiṣu saṃcarati / pradhānaṃ niścetanamapi puruṣādhiṣṭhānāccetanāvadiva dvayamapi sampādayati / tasmātpaṃgvandhavadubhayorapi saṃyogaḥ //
"Like that of the lame and the blind." This is an illustration. The lame person possesses eyes and sees the path, but cannot travel; the blind person can travel, but cannot see the path. A connection was formed between the two, who had lost their own purposes, for the sake of reaching the village. There, the lame person, mounting upon the shoulder of the blind person, obtained movement; the blind person also, guided by the seer, obtained vision. And when the two reached the village, there was separation. In this manner, conscious spirit, being inactive, unites with primordial matter and travels among gods and other [realms] to see her manifestation; primordial matter, though non-conscious, accomplishes both [purposes] as if conscious, through the superintendence of conscious spirit. Therefore, the connection of both is like that of the lame and the blind.
41.4
nanu ca saṃyogamātreṇa kathaṃ darśanaṃ kaivalyaṃ cetyāha- 'tatkṛtaḥ sargaḥ'; iti / saṃyogakṛto mahadādigrāmotpāda ityarthaḥ // 21 //
[Objection:] But how can there be seeing and isolation merely through connection? To this, he says: "Creation is effected by that." The meaning is that the production of the group [of principles] beginning with the great principle is caused by connection. // 21
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