The University of Nalanda c15.38

c15.38

" But again, with respect to the nature of *ātman*, if it is eternal, then it is the same as *prakṛti*—but if they are the same, then what need of speaking of *ātman*?—and then the *ātman* is not able to accept the aid of the twenty-four principles, and there can be no possibility of establishing the different offices of " subject " and " object."¹