Sankhya Karika Verse 36

Sanskrit Verse

एते प्रदीपकल्पाः परस्परविलक्षणा गुणविशेषाः । कृत्स्नं पुरुषस्यार्थं प्रकाश्य बुद्धौ प्रयच्छन्ति ॥ ३६ ॥

Transliteration

ete pradīpa-kalphāḥ paraspara vilakṣaṇāḥ guṇa viśeṣāḥ | kṛtsaṃ puruṣayā arthaṃ prakāśya buddhau prayacchanti ||

Translation

These particular modifications of the Gunas, which are characteristically different from one another, and which are, therefore, in this matter, comparable to a lamp, present all their respective objects to Buddhi, so that these may be exhibited to Purusa.

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Reference: Sankhya Karika