वेदान्त पारिजात सौरभ (भगवद् निम्बार्काचार्य - द्वैताद्वैत वेदान्त ब्रह्मसूत्र भाष्य सटीक)

[sū. 2. 2. 10.
ADH. 1 ] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 337
SŪTRA 10
"AND ON ACCOUNT OF CONTRADICTION, (THE SĀṂKHYA DOCTRINE
IS) INCONSISTENT."
Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha
The view of Kapila is "inconsistent", because of the opposition
between its prior and subsequent (statements)
Vedānta-kaustubha
The view of Kapila is "inconsistent" in every way. Why?
Because of its opposition to the Vedānta,—that is, the Vedāntas,
independent of all proofs, authoritative by themselves and eternally
established, establish the omniscient and omnipotent Lord of all as
the cause of the origin and the rest of the world, and the admission
of the doctrine of a non-sentient cause is opposed to this,—because
of that;—because of the rejection of a doctrine based on mere reasoning
in the passage: 'This knowledge is not attainable through reasoning'
(Kaṭha 2.9); and because of the opposition between its prior and
subsequent (statements). Thus, they hold that puruṣa (or the soul)
is all-pervading, devoid of attributes, mere consciousness, isolated
(from prakṛti) by nature, non-attached like a lotus leaf ¹ and inactive
Then again, they maintain also that prakṛti is an agent through its
mere proximity to puruṣa; and that through the super-imposition of
nescience that very same (puruṣa) comes to have the attributes of
'being an agent', 'being an enjoyer' and so on, to be afflicted by the
three kinds of miseries,² and to be subject to transmigratory
existence Again, they teach that the salvation of puruṣa proceeds
from the knowledge of prakṛti and puruṣa Thus, a multitude of
inconsistencies between prior and subsequent (statements) may be
found there.
In the case under discussion, on the other hand, since in accordance
with the Smṛti passages: ' "The evil-doers, the deluded, and the vilest
men do not attain me,—they whose wisdom is destroyed by nescience
and who have resorted to demoniacal nature" ' (Gītā 7 15), 'Know-
ledge is enveloped by non-knowledge; thereby beings are deluded'
¹ I e just as a lotus leaf is not wetted by water, so the soul is not attached
to anything.
² Viz. physical, mental and elemental
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