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[sū. 2. 2. 10. ADH. 1 ] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 337 SŪTRA 10 "AND ON ACCOUNT OF CONTRADICTION, (THE SĀṂKHYA DOCTRINE IS) INCONSISTENT." Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha The view of Kapila is "inconsistent", because of the opposition between its prior and subsequent (statements) Vedānta-kaustubha The view of Kapila is "inconsistent" in every way. Why? Because of its opposition to the Vedānta,—that is, the Vedāntas, independent of all proofs, authoritative by themselves and eternally established, establish the omniscient and omnipotent Lord of all as the cause of the origin and the rest of the world, and the admission of the doctrine of a non-sentient cause is opposed to this,—because of that;—because of the rejection of a doctrine based on mere reasoning in the passage: 'This knowledge is not attainable through reasoning' (Kaṭha 2.9); and because of the opposition between its prior and subsequent (statements). Thus, they hold that puruṣa (or the soul) is all-pervading, devoid of attributes, mere consciousness, isolated (from prakṛti) by nature, non-attached like a lotus leaf ¹ and inactive Then again, they maintain also that prakṛti is an agent through its mere proximity to puruṣa; and that through the super-imposition of nescience that very same (puruṣa) comes to have the attributes of 'being an agent', 'being an enjoyer' and so on, to be afflicted by the three kinds of miseries,² and to be subject to transmigratory existence Again, they teach that the salvation of puruṣa proceeds from the knowledge of prakṛti and puruṣa Thus, a multitude of inconsistencies between prior and subsequent (statements) may be found there. In the case under discussion, on the other hand, since in accordance with the Smṛti passages: ' "The evil-doers, the deluded, and the vilest men do not attain me,—they whose wisdom is destroyed by nescience and who have resorted to demoniacal nature" ' (Gītā 7 15), 'Know- ledge is enveloped by non-knowledge; thereby beings are deluded' ¹ I e just as a lotus leaf is not wetted by water, so the soul is not attached to anything. ² Viz. physical, mental and elemental 22