Aphorisms on Brahman 26.145

26.145

yathādvaitamate jīvasya jñānātmakabrahmarūpatvenāntaḥkaraṇasyaiva
kartṛtvamupapannam | tatkartṛtve tu suṣuptyādau tasya tadadarśanāt niṣkartṛtvamiti
yattadasaṅgatam | upalabdhivat yathā sarvaśāstrapravacanaśīlasya paṇḍitasya
śiṣyasānnidhyābhāve tadvidyāpravacanīyakartṛtvaśaktisaṃkocaḥ | tathā jīvasya
jaḍāntaḥkaraṇādisamāyogena sarvakartṛtvaṃ tadabhāve tacchaktisaṃkocaśca
aviruddhaḥ | tāvanmātreṇa niṣkriyatvamayuktam | tasmātsarvakālakartṛtvaniyamo na
sambhavati | tathāpi kartṛtvamanivāryam | kiñca - ratha-prāsāda##-
tatsādhanāṅgavatsvabhāve tatkartṛśaktisaṃkocavatvepi teṣāṃ
tatkartṛtvaśaktisattvavat śarīrendriyamanaḥprāṇādyayoge jīvānāṃ
svaniṣṭhakartṛtvaśaktiprakāśakatvābhāve'pi tatkartṛtvaśaktirnivāryate jīvasyaiva
tadanaṅgīkāre tayoranyaḥ pippalaṃ svādvattyanaśnannanyo'bhicākaśīti ityādi
jīvakartṛtvavidhāyakabahuśrutivirodho durnivāraḥ | ato jaḍasyāntaḥkaraṇasya
kartṛtvamayuktamiti veditavyam |