Verses on Sāṃkhya 7
Jayamaṅgalā 7
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- Sanskrit
7.1
tatraiṣāṃ vyaktādīnāmutpādābhyāṃ svarūpamāha-
Among these, he states the essential nature of the manifest and the rest in terms of their origination [or non-origination]:
7.2
mūlaprakṛtiravikṛtirmahadādyāḥ prakṛtivikṛtayaḥ sapta /
ṣoḍaśakastu vikāro, na prakṛtirna vikṛtiḥ puruṣaḥ //
Root nature is non-evolutive; the seven beginning with the great [principle] are evolutive and evolutes;
but the sixteenfold [group] is only an evolute; conscious spirit is neither evolutive nor an evolute. //
7.3
'mūlaprakṛtiḥ'; ityādi / prakṛtiḥ pradhānam / prakriyata utpadyate pradhānāt asyā iti prakṛtiḥ / mūlaṃ ca tatprakṛtiśceti mūlaprakṛtiḥ / saptānāṃ prakṛtīnāṃ mūlamādyaṃ kāraṇamityarthaḥ //
'Root nature' and so forth. Nature is primordial matter. It is called nature (prakṛti) because [everything] is brought forth (prakriyate), that is, produced from primordial matter for it. And being both root and nature, it is 'root nature'. The meaning is that it is the root, the original cause, of the seven evolutives.
7.4
'avikṛtiḥ'; iti / na vikriyata ityavikṛtiḥ / na kutaścidutpādyata ityarthaḥ / etatprathamaṃ tattvam //
'Non-evolutive.' It is non-evolutive because it is not modified (na vikriyate); the meaning is that it is not produced from anything. This is the first principle.
7.5
'mahadādyāḥ prakṛtivikṛtayaḥ sapta'; iti / mahān buddhissa ādyo yāsāṃ prakṛtīnāṃ tāstathoktāḥ / prakṛtayaśca vikṛtayaśceti prakṛtivikṛtayaḥ / tatra mahānahaṅkāraṃ janayan prakṛtiḥ, mahata utpadyamāno vikṛtiḥ / tanmātrāṇi śabdasparśarūparasagandhāḥ pañca yathākramamākāśavāyvagnyudakapṛthivyākhyāni bhūtāni janayantaḥ prakṛtayaḥ, ahaṅkārādutpadyamānā vikṛtayaḥ / ityetāni sapta tattvāni //
'The seven beginning with the great [principle] are evolutive and evolutes.' Those evolutives of which the great [principle], intellect, is the first are so termed. They are both evolutives and evolutes, hence 'evolutive and evolutes'. There, the great [principle], producing the ego-maker, is an evolutive; being produced from the great [principle], [the ego-maker] is an evolute. The subtle elements—the five [consisting of] sound, touch, form, taste, and smell—producing, respectively, the gross elements termed space, air, fire, water, and earth, are evolutives; being produced from the ego-maker, they are evolutes. These are the seven principles.
7.6
'ṣoḍaśakaśca vikāraḥ'; iti / ṣoḍaśa parimāṇamasyeti ṣoḍaśakaḥ / pañca buddhīndriyāṇi, pañca karmendriyāṇi, manaścetyekādaśendriyāṇi, pañca mahābhūtānītyayaṃ ṣoḍaśako gaṇaḥ / cakāra evakārārthaḥ / vikāro vikṛtireva / (nāsmāt kiñcidutpadyata ityarthaḥ / etāni ṣoḍaśa tattvāni) /
'na prakṛtirna vikṛtiḥ puruṣaḥ'; iti / puraṃ śarīraṃ tasmin vasatīti puruṣaḥ / nairukto 'travidhiḥ / tasmānna kiñcidutpadyata iti na prakṛtiḥ, niṣkriyatvāt / nāpyayaṃ kutaścidutpadyata iti na vikṛtiḥ, anāditvāt // 3 //
'And the sixteenfold [group] is an evolute.' That whose measure is sixteen is 'the sixteenfold'. The five sense organs of perception, the five organs of action, and the mind constitute the eleven organs; and the five gross elements—this is the sixteenfold group. The word 'and' (ca) has the sense of 'only' (eva). 'Evolute' means only an evolute. (The meaning is that nothing is produced from it. These are sixteen principles.)
'Conscious spirit is neither evolutive nor an evolute.' It is called puruṣa because it dwells (vasati) in the city (pura), that is, the body; this is an etymological explanation. It is not an evolutive because nothing is produced from it, on account of its inactivity. Nor is it produced from anything, so it is not an evolute, on account of its beginninglessness. // 3
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- Sāṃkhyakārikā — Īśvarakṛṣṇa, Sanskrit