Aphorisms on Brahman 26.158

26.158

vāgādikaraṇasampanno'pyātmā yadecchati tadā karoti yaddhi manasā dhyāyate tadvācā
vadati tatkarmaṇā karoti iti śrutirapi tathā vyapadiśati | yadā tu necchati tadā na karoti
yathā takṣā vaśyādikaraṇasannidhāne'pi svecchānuguṇyena karoti na karoti ca tathā |
buddhestvacetanāyāḥ kartṛtve tasyāḥ bhogavāñchādiniyamakāraṇābhāvāt sarvadā
kartṛtvameva syat | tasmātkartṛtvaṃ na buddherna pradhānasyeti vyācakṣate | icchāyāḥ
cetanadharmatvāt cetanasyaiva jīvasya sarvakartṛtvaṃ takṣādivadupapannam | yathā takṣā
vyāpārakartā ubhayathā ubhayarūpeṇa tiṣṭhati evaṃ jīvo'pi svecchayā
jāgratsvapnakālayoḥ sthūlasūkṣmaśarīraviśiṣṭassan laukikavaidikavyāpārān kurvan
vaiṣayikasukhaduḥkhamanubhavati | suṣuptikāle śarīrendriyavyāpāśūnyatayā
paramaśivatamorūpapāśaśaktiniṣṭhaparamānandamanubhavati | ataścetanasya jīvasyaiva
kartṛtvamupapannamiti siddham |