Verses on Sāṃkhya 21.1
Māṭharavṛtti 21.1
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21.1
atrāha --- yady akartā puruṣaḥ adhyavasāyaṃ tarhi kiṃ karoti dharmaṃ kariṣyāmy adharmaṃ ceti | yadi guṇā adhyavasāyaṃ kurvanti tarhi teṣāṃ sacetanatvaṃ syāt | amīṣāṃ cācetanatvam eva prāg upanyastam | atha puruṣo 'dhyavasāyaṃ kurute tadā tasya kartṛtvaprasaṅgaḥ | tasmād ubhayathāpi doṣa iti | atra samādhīyate nāyaṃ doṣaḥ | katham iti cet, tad ucyate ---
On this, [the opponent] says: If spirit is a non-agent, does it then make the ascertainment, 'I will perform virtue and unrighteousness'? If the constituents make the ascertainment, then they would possess consciousness; and their lack of consciousness was already stated earlier. But if spirit makes the ascertainment, then agency would follow for it. Therefore, there is a fault either way. To this, it is answered: This is not a fault. If you ask how, it is explained:
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