[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana) › [Enumeration (dualism of spirit and matter)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.samkhya) › [Sāṃkhyakārikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.samkhya.samkhyakarika) › [Matharavritti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.samkhya.samkhyakarika!mathara-vrtti) › 22.1 # Verses on Sāṃkhya 22.1 Māṭharavṛtti 22.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [22.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.samkhya.samkhyakarika!mathara-vrtti.22.1) atrāha --- tasmāt tatsaṃyogāt iti pradhānapuruṣasaṃyoga iti cet, saṃyogaḥ kaḥ | anekavidho hi saṃyogaḥ | anyatarakarmajo yathā sthāṇuśyenayoḥ, sampātajo dvayor vā saṃyogo yathā dvyaṅgulākāśayoḥ, svābhāviko yathāgnyuṣṇayoḥ, śaktihetuko yathā matsyodakayoḥ, yādṛcchikaḥ suparnayor vākasmikaḥ | ataḥ saṃśayaḥ | atrocyate --- anyatarakarmajasaṃyogaś ca saṃyogo naiva pradhānapuruṣayor vibhutvāniṣkriyatvāt | nāsti svābhāviko 'pi | tayor nityatvān mokṣābhāvaḥ syād aviyogatvāt | evam eva viṣayahetuke śaktihetukatve ca | atrāha --- kas tarhi pradhānapuruṣayoḥ saṃyoga iti | atrocyate | arthahetukaḥ | kaś cāsāv artha ity atrāha --- > On this, \[the opponent\] says: Regarding 'Therefore, from that conjunction'—if it is the conjunction of primordial matter and spirit, what is this conjunction? For conjunction is of many kinds: born from the action of one \[of the two\], as of a post and a falcon; or born from mutual collision of both, as of two fingers in space; natural, as of fire and heat; caused by capacity, as of fish and water; or fortuitous, sudden, as of two eagles. Hence there is a doubt. To this, it is replied: The conjunction is not one born from the action of one \[of the two\] for primordial matter and spirit, because of their omnipresence and inactivity. Nor is it natural either; because of their eternity, liberation would not exist, since there would be no separation. The same applies if it were caused by objects or caused by capacity. On this, \[the opponent\] says: What, then, is the conjunction of primordial matter and spirit? To this, it is replied: It has purpose as its cause. And what that purpose is, \[the author\] states here: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 21.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.samkhya.samkhyakarika!mathara-vrtti.21.3) - [Next: 22.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.samkhya.samkhyakarika!mathara-vrtti.22.2) - [Up: 22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.samkhya.samkhyakarika!mathara-vrtti.22) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.samkhya.samkhyakarika!mathara-vrtti~en-mt.22.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Sāṃkhyakārikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.samkhya.samkhyakarika.21) — Īśvarakṛṣṇa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.samkhya.samkhyakarika!mathara-vrtti.22.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.samkhya.samkhyakarika!mathara-vrtti.22.1) · Pramāṇa