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[SŪ. 1. 1. 1. 14 VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA ADH. 1.] he who being overcome by the white or dark fruits of works, attains a good or bad birth. . . . Because of being deluded, he does not see the Lord, the causer of action and dwelling within the self. He is borne along and defiled by the properties of matter' (Maitrī. 3.2),¹ 'An unborn one, verily, lies by, enjoying. Another unborn one discards her, who has been enjoyed' (Śvet. 4.15), 'Stainless, he attains a supreme identity' (Muṇḍ. 3.1 3), 'He does not return again' (K.R. 2), 'Non-return, on account of scriptural texts' (Br. Sū. 4.4.22)² and so on. The non-sentient substance is of three kinds, viz. what is derived from matter, what is not derived from matter and time ³ As has been said:—'What is derived from matter, what is not derived from matter and time,—these are held to be the non-sentient. (The second is) denotable by the term 'māyā', 'pradhāna' and the rest, and there are distinctions of white and the rest in it, although it is the same' (D.Ś. 3.). Among these, the substance which is the substratum of the three guṇas is the prākṛta It is eternal as well as subject to changes like transformation and so on, as declared by the following scriptural texts:—'A cow she is white, black and red, without beginning and end,⁴ the progenitress, and the source of all beings, milking all wishes for the Lord' (Cūl. 5), 'There is an unborn one red, white and black, producing many progeny of the same nature' (Śvet. 4.5) and so on; by the Smṛti passages, viz. : 'This, consisting of the three guṇas, is the source of the world and is without beginning and end' (V.P. 1.2.21a),⁵ 'Non-sentient, for the sake of another, ever-changing, consisting of the three guṇas, the field of works—such is said to be the form of prakṛti' and so on; as well as by the following aphorisms: 'It has a sense, on account of its subordination to Him' (Br. Sū. 1.4.3), 'As in the case of the sacrificial ladle, for want of any specifi- cation' (Br. Sū. 1.4.8), 'But that which has light for its cause, because thus, in fact, some read' (Br. Sū. 1.4.9) and so on. The 1 Quotation incorrect. Vide Maitrī., pp. 369, 371. Correct quotation translated. 2 These texts and aphorisms set forth the liability of the souls to bondage and release. 3 Prākṛta, aprākṛta and kāla. 4 Correct reading 'anāda-vatī' or without sound. For correct quotation, vide Cūl. 5, p. 230. 5 P. 14.