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Verses on Sāṃkhya 58

Māṭharavṛtti 58

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58.1

atrāha --- uktaṃ bhagavatā pradhānaṃ svārtham iva parārtham ārabhate | atha ca tvayā pradhānam acetanam uktaṃ tat kathaṃ pravartate | acetanānām api pravṛttir dṛṣṭā, nivṛttiś ca |

Here someone asks: it has been said by the venerable master that primordial matter undertakes [activity] for the sake of another as if for its own sake. But on the other hand, primordial matter was declared by you to be non-conscious; so how does it proceed? [The reply is:] Activity is observed even of non-conscious things, and also cessation.

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58.2

vatsavivṛddhinimittaṃ kṣīrasya yathā pravṛttir ajñasya /
puruṣavimokṣanimittaṃ tathā pravṛttiḥ pradhānasya //

Just as the activity of insentient milk is for the sake of the nourishment of the calf, / so the activity of primordial matter is for the sake of the liberation of the spirit. //

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58.3

yathā tṛṇodakaṃ gavā bhakṣitaṃ pītaṃ ca kṣīrabhāvena pariṇamati, vatsavṛddhiṃ karoti, puṣṭe vatse nivartate | evaṃ puruṣavimokṣanimittaṃ pradhānasyājñasya pravṛttiḥ //

Just as grass and water eaten and drunk by a cow transform into the state of milk, bring about the growth of the calf, and cease when the calf is nourished, so the activity of insentient primordial matter is for the sake of the liberation of the spirit.

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