Verses on Sāṃkhya 62.3
Māṭharavṛtti 62.3
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62.3
prakṛtir api pradhānam api kurute | yatheha snuṣā vrīḍayā svagṛhāntaḥ praviśati ato bravīti iyaṃ viśiṣṭatareti | evam iyaṃ prakṛtiḥ sukumāratarā | tasmāt prakṛteḥ sukumārataraṃ nānyad astīti | evaṃ puruṣasya paramātmano 'pi matir utpannā | nāstīti me matir bhavati | mameti puruṣa ātmānaṃ bravīti | tatra sukumārataratvaṃ varṇayati īśvaraḥ kāraṇam iti kecid ācāryā bravate | uktaṃ ca ---
Nature, also [called] primordial matter, acts. Just as in ordinary life a daughter-in-law enters inside her house out of modesty, hence one says: "She is exceptionally modest"; in this way, this nature is more delicate. Therefore, nothing else is more delicate than nature. In this way, even for the spirit, the supreme self, the thought has arisen: "Such is my thought: there is nothing [more delicate]." By "my", the spirit refers to himself. There, he describes her being more delicate: some teachers declare that God is the cause. And it is said:
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