Sankhya Karika Verse 59

Sanskrit Verse

रङ्गस्य दर्शयित्वा निवर्तते नर्तकी यथा नृत्यात् । पुरुषस्य तथाऽऽत्मानं प्रकाश्य विनिवर्तते प्रकृतिः ॥ ५९ ॥

Transliteration

raṅgasya darśayitvā nivartate nartakī yathā nṛtyāt | puruṣasya tathā ātmānaṃ prakāśya vinivartate prakṛtiḥ ||

Translation

Just as a fair dancer, having exhibited herself to the spectators, desists from the dance, so does Prakriti desist, having exhibited herself to Purusa.

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Reference: Sankhya Karika