Verses on Sāṃkhya 2.1

2.1

duḥkhatrayābhighātāj jijñāsā tadabhighātake hetau /
dṛṣṭe sāpārthā cen naikāntātyantato 'bhāvāt //

From the assault of the threefold suffering arises the desire to know the cause of its termination;
if [it is said that this desire is] superfluous because perceptible [means exist, we say:] no, because of their lack of certainty and finality. // SK 1