Sankhya Karika Verse 67

Sanskrit Verse

सम्यग्ज्ञानाधिगमाद्धर्मादीनामकारणप्राप्तौ । तिष्ठति संस्कारवशाच्चक्रभ्रमणवद्धृतशरीरः ॥ ६७ ॥

Transliteration

samyak-jñāna adhigamāt dharmadīnām akāraṇa prāptau | tiṣṭhati saṃskāra vaśāt cakra bhramivat dhṛta śarīraḥ ||

Translation

LXVII. Through attainment of perfect knowledge, virtue and the rest coming to be deprived of their power as causes, Purusa yet continues invested with body under the influence of previous Dharma and A-Dharma, as the potter’s wheel continues whirling (from momentum).

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Reference: Sankhya Karika