Verses on Sāṃkhya 37
Māṭharavṛtti 37
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37.1
kiñ cānyat ---
Moreover:
37.2
ete pradīpakalpāḥ parasparavilakṣaṇā guṇaviśeṣāḥ /
kṛtsnaṃ puruṣasyārthaṃ prakāśya buddhau prayacchanti //
These modifications of the constituents, distinct from one another and like a lamp,
illuminating the entire purpose of the spirit, present it to the intellect. //
37.3
ete iti buddhikarmāntaḥkaraṇabhedās trayodeśa pradīpakalpāḥ pradīpatulyāḥ | kiṃ cānyat | parasparavilakṣaṇāḥ | bhinnalakṣaṇā visadṛśā ity arthaḥ | śrotraṃ hi śabdaṃ gṛhṇāti, na sparśādīn | evam itaratra | vāg vakty eva na gṛhṇāti gacchati viharaty ānandati | evaṃ pāṇyādiṣu | manaḥ saṅkalpayati nāhaṅkurute | ahaṅkāraś cābhimanute na saṅkalpayati | evaṃ dvādaśāpi svaṃ svam arthaṃ puruṣabhogyatayā prakāśya buddhau prayacchanti nikṣipanti | tad buddhisthaṃ viṣayaṃ sukhaduḥkhādyaṃ puruṣa upalabhate //
"These": the thirteen, divided into sensory faculties, action faculties, and internal instruments, are "like a lamp," similar to a lamp. Moreover: "distinct from one another." They have different characteristics, meaning they are dissimilar. For the ear grasps sound, not touch and the rest. Likewise in other cases. Voice speaks alone; it does not grasp, walk, move about, or experience sensual pleasure. So it is with the hand and the rest. Mind intends, but does not assert egoity. Egoity asserts self, but does not intend. Thus, all twelve, having illuminated each their own object as something to be enjoyed by the spirit, present—place—it into the intellect. The spirit experiences that object, consisting of pleasure, suffering, and so forth, situated in the intellect.
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