Verses on Sāṃkhya 43
Jayamaṅgalā 43
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- Sanskrit
43.1
tameva darśayannāha-
Showing that very [creation], he says:
43.2
prakṛtermahāṃstato 'haṅkārastasmādgaṇaśca ṣoḍaśakaḥ /
tasmādapi ṣoḍaśakātpañcabhyaḥ pañca bhūtāni //
From nature [arises] the great principle; from that, the ego-maker; from that, the group of sixteen;
And from five of that group of sixteen, the five gross elements. // 22
43.3
'prakṛtermahān'; ityādi / prakṛtiḥ pradhānaṃ kāraṇamavyaktaṃ guṇasāmyaṃ tamobahulamavyākṛtamiti prakṛtiparyāyāḥ / tato mahānutpadyate sa tu tamobahulaḥ / mahān buddhirmatiḥ pratyaya upalabdhiriti buddhiparyāyāḥ / tato 'haṅkāra utpadyate / sa tu rajastamobahulaḥ / ahaṅkāraḥ suparṇapaṇi(!)statpuruṣa ityahaṅkāraparyāyāḥ //
"From nature [arises] the great principle," and so forth. "Nature," "primordial matter," "cause," "unmanifest," "equilibrium of the constituents," "abounding in darkness," "undifferentiated"—these are synonyms for nature. From that, the great principle arises; it, however, abounds in darkness. "The great principle," "intellect," "understanding," "notion," "apprehension"—these are synonyms for intellect. From that arises the ego-maker; it, however, abounds in passion and darkness. "Ego-maker," "suparṇapaṇi," "that-spirit"—these are synonyms for the ego-maker.
43.4
'tasmādgaṇaśca ṣoḍaśakaḥ'; iti / tasmādahaṅkārāt ṣoḍaśako gaṇa utpadyate / ekādaśendriyāṇi pañca tanmātrāṇītyarthaḥ / tāni hṛṣīkāṇīndriyāṇīti paryāyāḥ / sūkṣmā atiśayā aṇavaḥ (viṣā) iti tanmātraparyāyāḥ //
"From that, the group of sixteen." From that ego-maker, the group of sixteen is produced. The meaning is: the eleven sense organs and the five subtle elements. "Senses" and "organs" are synonyms. "Subtle," "surpassing," "atomic" are synonyms for subtle elements.
43.5
'tasmādapi ṣoḍaśakāt pañcabhyaḥ pañca bhūtāni'; iti / ṣoḍaśād gaṇādyāni pañca tanmātrāṇi tebhya ekottaravṛddhyā pañca mahābhūtāni bhavanti / tatra śabdatanmātrādākāśamekaguṇam / śabdatanmātrapratisaṃhitāt sparśatanmātrāddviguṇo vāyuḥ / tābhyāṃ pratisaṃhitādrūpatanmātrāt triguṇaṃ tejaḥ / taiḥ pratisaṃhitādrasatanmātrāt caturguṇā āpaḥ / caturbhiḥ pratisaṃhitādgandhatanmātrāt pañcaguṇā pṛthivīti / etairekādaśādayaḥ sthūlā viśeṣā ucyante, yeṣvavasitāni caturviṃśatitattvāni // 22 //
"And from five of that group of sixteen, the five gross elements." From those five subtle elements which are part of the group of sixteen, the five gross elements arise through an incremental increase of one [quality each]. There, from the sound-subtle element arises space, having one quality. From the touch-subtle element combined with the sound-subtle element arises wind, having two qualities. From the form-subtle element combined with those two arises fire, having three qualities. From the taste-subtle element combined with those [three] arises water, having four qualities. From the smell-subtle element combined with the four arises earth, having five qualities. Together with these, the eleven [organs] and the rest are called gross objects, in which the twenty-four principles terminate. // 22
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- Sāṃkhyakārikā — Īśvarakṛṣṇa, Sanskrit