History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c94.75

v7.c94.75

Not only does the Śāntiparva dilate upon some of the peculiar doctrines associated with the later official doctrines of the S. Kārikā, but the Bhagavadgītā also does so A few striking passages are cited here. Gītā XIII. 5 (Mahābhūtānyahaṅkāro buddhiravyaktam eva ca। Indriyāṇi daśaikaṁ ca pañca cendriyagocarāḥ") enumerates the twenty-four tattvas omitting puruṣa and mentioning the five elements in place of the five tanmātrās); XIII. 19-20 ('prakṛtiṁ puruṣaṁ caiva viddhyanādī ubhāvapi। vikārāṁśca guṇāṁścaiva viddhi prakṛtisambhavān ॥ Kāryakāraṇa-kartṛtve hetuḥ prakṛtir-ucyate। Puruṣaḥ sukhaduḥkhānāṁ bhoktṛtve heturucyate'); XIV. 5-9 (sattvam rajas tama iti guṇāḥ prakṛtisambhavāḥ &c.); VII. 4 (bhūmirāposnalo vāyuḥ kham mano buddhīreva ca। ahaṅkāra itīyam me bhinnā prakṛtir-aṣṭadhā॥), VII. 13, II. 28. The Gītā in VII. 6 and 8 emphatically states that God is the source of the whole world, which ultimately is merged in Him. Herein the Gītā differs materially from the standard Sāṅkhya. The Gītā expressly mentions "Sāṅkhya-kṛtānta"²²⁵³ (i. e siddhānta) in XVIII. 13; what that means is that by that time Sāṅkhya tenets had assumed the form of a system but there is no express or definite reference to a work such as in the case of Veda or Vedānta (in XV. 15) or Brahmasūtra (in XIII. 4).