उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

42-47] " CONSISTING OF EARTH " 181
गुणानां समभावस्य भ्रंशो न ह्युपपद्यते ।
अविद्यादेः प्रसुप्तत्वान्न चान्यो हेतुरुच्यते ॥ ४५ ॥
45. The deviation of the Gunas ¹ from the state of
equilibrium (which they have during the dissolution of
the universe with their consequent evolution) is not
reasonable. For no causes (of this transformation) are
admitted inasmuch as, (according to these philosophers,²)
Ignorance is then merged, (individual souls, Purushas, as
they are called, are always spectators only and Iswara
is not admitted).³
इतरेतरहेतुत्वे प्रवृत्तिः स्यात्सदा न वा ।
नियमो न प्रवृत्तीनां गुणेष्वात्मनि वा भवेत् ॥ ४६ ॥
46. If the Gunas be the causes of their mutual
change there will always be change or none at all. (If
one argues that there cannot be a continuous trans-
formation in the Gunas as creation, maintenance and
dissolution are known to come one after another, still)
there will be no regulating cause of the modifications of
the Gunas acting either on the Purushas ⁴ or on the
Gunas; (and no other categories are admitted in the
Sânkhya philosophy).
विशेषो मुक्तबद्धानां तादर्थ्ये न च युज्यते ।
अर्थार्थिनोस्त्वसंबन्धो नार्थी ज्ञो नेतरोऽपि वा ॥ ४७ ॥
¹ Sattva, rajas and tamas, the three constituent essences of
the material cause of the universe called the "Prakriti" or
"Pradhâna" in the Sânkhya philosophy. ² The Sânkhyas.
³ Refutation of the Sânkhya doctrine : verses 45—50.
⁴ Purushas are immutable.