Sankhya Karika Verse 14

Sanskrit Verse

अविवेक्यादिः सिद्धः त्रैगुण्यात्तद्विपर्ययाभावात् । कारणगुणात्मकत्वात् कार्यस्याव्यक्तमपि सिद्धम् ॥ १४ ॥

Transliteration

avivekyādiḥ siddhaḥ tri-guṇyāt-tat-viparyaya-abhāvāt | kāraṇa-guṇa-ātmakatvāt-kāryasya-avyaktam-api siddham ||

Translation

The proof of non-discriminativeness, and the rest (in the Manifest and the Unmanifest) is from their be ing constituted by the three Gunas and from absence of their non-concomitance. From the effect possessing the attributes of the cause is proved the Unmanifest also.

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Reference: Sankhya Karika