Aphorisms on Brahman 26.56

26.56

ca tābhyaḥ śrutibhya evāvagamyate | nityo nityānāṃ cetanaścetanānāmeko bahūnāṃ yo
vidadhāti kāmān ajo nityaśśāśvato'yaṃ purāṇo na hanyate hanyamāne śarīre
ityādibhyaḥ | ataśca nātmotpadyate | kathaṃ tarhi ekavijñānena
sarvavijñānapratijñopapadyate itthamupapadyate - jīvasyāpi kāryatvāt
kāryakāraṇayorananyatvācca | evaṃ tarhi vimadādivadutpattimattvamaṅgīkṛtaṃ syāt |
netyucyate | kāryatvaṃ hi nāmaikasya dravyasyāvasthāntarāpattiḥ | tajjīvasyāpyastyeva |
iyāṃstu viśeṣaḥ | viyadāderacetanasya yādṛś'nyathābhāvo na tādṛśo jīvasya |
jñānasaṅkocavikāsalakṣaṇo jīvasyānyathābhāvaḥ | viyadādestu
svarūpānyathābhāvalakṣaṇaḥ | se'yaṃ svarūpānyathābhāvalakṣaṇā utpattirjīve
pratiṣidhyate |