Sankhya Karika Verse 52

Sanskrit Verse

न विना भावैर्लिङ्गं न लिङ्गेन भावनिर्वृत्तिः । लिङ्गाख्यो भावाख्यस्तस्माद् द्विविधः प्रवर्तते सर्गः ॥ ५२ ॥

Transliteration

na vinā bhāvaiḥ liṅgaṃ na vinā liṅgena bhāva nirvṛttiḥ | liṅgena bhāva-ākhyaḥ tasmāt dvedhā pravartate sargaḥ ||

Translation

Without the Bhavas, there would be no Linga, ‘^without the Linga, there would be no surcease of the Bhavas ; therefrom a twofold creation proceeds : the one called after the Linga, the other called after the Bhavas.

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Reference: Sankhya Karika