Matharavritti 22.1

22.1

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: