Sankhya Karika Verse 3

Sanskrit Verse

मूलप्रकृतिरविकृतिर्महदाद्याः प्रकृतिविकृतयः सप्त । षोडशकस्तु विकारो न प्रकृतिर्न विकृतिः पुरुषः ॥ ३॥

Transliteration

mūla-prakṛtiḥ avikṛtiḥ maha-ādādyāḥ prakṛti-vikṛtayaḥ sapta | ṣoḍaśakaḥ tu vikāraḥ na prakṛtiḥ na vikṛtiḥ puruṣaḥ ||

Translation

The Root Evolvent is no evolute ; Mahat, etc., are the seven evolvent-evolutes ; the sixteen are mere evolutes ; (that which is) neither evolvent nor evolute, is Purusa.

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Reference: Sankhya Karika