Sankhya Karika Verse 17

Sanskrit Verse

संघातपरार्थत्वात् त्रिगुणादिविपर्ययादधिष्ठानात् । पुरुषोऽस्ति भोक्तृभावात् कैवल्यार्थं प्रवृत्तेश्च ॥ १७ ॥

Transliteration

saṅghāta-para-arthatvāt tri-guṇādi-viparyāt-adhiṣṭhānāt | puruṣaḥ asti bhoktṛbhāvāt kaivalya-arthaṃ pravṛtteḥ ca ||

Translation

Purusa exists : since the aggregate must be for the sake of the non-aggregate ; since there must exist an entity in which the properties of being constituted by the three Gunas and the rest do not appear ; since there must be a superintendent ; since there must be an experiencer ; and since activity is for the sake of abstraction.

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Reference: Sankhya Karika