Sankhya Karika Verse 18

Sanskrit Verse

जननमरणकरणानां प्रतिनियमादयुगपत्प्रवृत्तेश्च । पुरुषबहुत्वं सिद्धं त्रिगुण्यविपर्ययाच्चैव ॥१८ ॥

Transliteration

janana-maraṇa-karaṇānāṃ pratiniyamāt-ayugapat-pravṛtteḥ ca | puruṣa-bahutvaṃ siddhaṃ tri-guṇya-viparyayāt-ca-eva ||

Translation

From the individual allotment of birth, death and the Instruments, from non-simultaneous activity (towards the same end), and from the diverse modification of the three Gunas, multitude of Purusas is verily established.

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Reference: Sankhya Karika