Verses on Sāṃkhya 20
Māṭharavṛtti 20
- Language
- Sanskrit
20.1
tasmāc ca viparyāsāt siddhaṃ sākṣitvam asya puruṣasya /
kaivalyaṃ mādhyasthyaṃ draṣṭṛtvam akartṛbhāvaś ca //
And from that contrast is established this spirit's status as a witness, / isolation, neutrality, seerhood, and non-agency. //
20.2
tasmāc ca viparyāsād iti | kartṛkāraṇānāṃ ko viśeṣaḥ atrocyate | tad yathā kaścid yamaniyamarataḥ sāṅkhyayogācāryarato bhikṣur nagare prativasati | sa ca janādiṣu prativarṇāśramavihitāsu kriyāsu pravartamānānāṃ tannagaravāsināṃ sākṣimātro bhavati | ṛtuvaśāt śītoṣṇādīn āyātān anubhavati | tadvad ayaṃ nānāvasthe guṇavimarde vartamāno vaidharmyāt kṣetrajñaḥ sākṣimātraḥ syāt | evaṃ sākṣitvaṃ siddham asya puruṣasya | kevalabhāvaḥ kaivalyaṃ nāma tribhyo guṇebhyo 'nyatvam | yathāsau bhikṣuḥ kadācin nāgarāṇāṃ vivadatāṃ vaktā bhavati tvayā sādhukṛtam iti tvayāsādhv iti | kim evaṃ puruṣo bhavati | atrocyate --- mādhyasthyam | nāsya kenacit kṛtyam asti | udāsīno hy ayam | atrāha --- yady akartā tat kiṃ parakṛtānāṃ prayoktā | atrocyate --- kartṛbhāvaś ca dvividho hi, prayoktā kartā ca | atrodāsīnasya puruṣasya kartṛtvaṃ pratiṣiddhaṃ guṇalakṣaṇena //
'And from that contrast': what is the distinction between agent and instruments? It is explained here. For example, a mendicant devoted to the restraints and observances, devoted to the teachers of Sāṅkhya and Yoga, dwells in a city. And he is merely a witness of the inhabitants of that city as they engage in the activities prescribed for each caste and stage of life among people and so on. Due to the seasons, he experiences cold, heat, and so forth as they arrive. In the same way, while present amidst the clash of constituents in various states, this 'knower of the field' (kṣetrajña), because of difference of properties, must be merely a witness. Thus the status of a witness is established for this spirit. The state of being solitary is indeed 'isolation', that is, being other than the three constituents. Just as that mendicant sometimes says to citizens who are quarreling, 'You have done well,' or 'You have done badly'—does the spirit act likewise? To this, it is replied: 'neutrality'. It has no concern with anything. For it is indifferent. On this, [the opponent] says: If it is a non-agent, then does it impel what is done by others? To this, it is replied: Agency is of two kinds: the impeller and the doer. Here, for the indifferent spirit, agency is denied by the defining characteristic of the constituents. //
Translations (1)
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation
Linked texts (1)
- Sāṃkhyakārikā — Īśvarakṛṣṇa, Sanskrit